Probably not. I haven't seen any news about an asteroid about to strike Earth.
Prehistoric Disasters - 2009 Asteroid Strike 1-4 was released on: USA: June 2009
The Daily Orbit - 2012 Could an Asteroid Strike in 2032 - 2.38 was released on: USA: 19 October 2013
An asteroid can indeed damage a planet when it strikes it. It is possible that an asteroid strike resulted in the dying off of the dinosaurs on Earth. There are certainly some large craters on Earth that are suggestive of asteroid strikes.
Asteroids strike the surface of the Earth randomly. There is no place on the earth that is a preferred location for asteroid strikes.
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Yes. An asteroid cans strike anywhere on Earth. The chances of any given location being hit are extremely low.
It will probably be one of 3 ways: 1) Nuclear war 2) Disease 3) An asteroid strike.
Yes. Asteroids can enter earth's atmosphere. In such an event the asteroid will probably strike earth's surface.
The Chicxulub crater is the area in the state of Yucatan that was hit by an asteroid. It is about 66 million years old.
Historically, an asteroid that struck the Earth 65 million years ago is one theory for the extinction of the dinosaurs, but that hit in Yucatan (Mexico).
99942 Apophis is an asteroid where initial observations indicated a small probability (up to 2.7%) that it would strike the Earth in 2029.Later observations concluded that the asteroid would miss the Earth.The chances are now set at a one in 3 million that it will hit Earth.