If an asteroid this size were to collide with Earth, the scale of damage would depend greatly on where exactly it struck—and the angle of entry through the atmosphere, which affects the energy ...

NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.

Astronomers say there is a 2.3% chance an asteroid nearly ... ‘Blast damage could occur as far as 50km from the impact site, ...

which was "the highest impact probability NASA has ever recorded for an object of this size or larger," the national space agency noted at the time. However, further studies on the asteroid's ...