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On Feb. 15, 2003, a meteor exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, showing why we need better methods of detecting and tracking near-Earth asteroids.
When a massive asteroid exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15, 2012, it injured more than 1,200 people and damaged hundreds of buildings. In the nine months since the asteroid ...
The small asteroid that broke up over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Feb. 15, 2013, was a reminder about the importance of monitoring small bodies in space that could pose a threat to Earth.
Russian Meteor's Air Blast Was One for the Record Books. Meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk in early 2013 topped 500 kilotons and indicates higher risk of future blasts.
It's been nearly a month since a fireball lit up the crisp blue skies over Ural Russia as an unusually large meteor plunged to earth, creating a shockwave that blew out windows and injured more ...
Russian city working to replace thousands of shattered windows. CHELYABINSK, Russia, Feb. 16, 2013— -- A day after a massive meteor exploded over this city in central Russia, a monumental ...
To Russia with force, hellfire rained from the heavens with nuclear proportions. The meteor that plunged toward Russia struck Earth’s atmosphere with the intensity of 30 Hiroshima bombs, NASA… ...
CHELYABINSK, Russia, Feb. 17, 2013— -- The shattered glass and broken walls caused by the massive explosion of a monstrous meteor over this remote, industrial Russian city is not even cleaned ...
A circular hole in the ice of Chebarkul Lake where a meteor reportedly struck the lake near Chelyabinsk, about 930 miles east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013.
They say that Russia is the motherland of conspiracy theories, and public reaction to the sudden meteor strike a week ago that stunned people in the Ural mountains, and injured more than 1,200 ...
Scientists studying the dramatic Chelyabinsk meteor that screamed through Russian skies this year have both good and bad news to report. Chelyabinsk meteor: More asteroids likely to hit Earth ...