Sudan is mentioned as a country that has experienced multiple meteorite impacts, including the asteroid 2008 TC3 that exploded over the Nubian Desert in 2008. The discovery of microdiamonds and ...

On Feb. 18, the asteroid’s impact probability was increased to 3.1%, the highest ever recorded for an object of this size. The following day, it was reduced to 1.5%, according to NASA.

The space agency said there is currently a 1.7 percent chance the asteroid could “impact” the Moon on Dec. 22, 2032. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will continue to examine the asteroid ...