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A 66-foot asteroid exploded over Russia and injured 1,500 people

A 66-foot asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 with a flash brighter than the Sun, but the shockwave arrived ...
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An asteroid exploded over Russia - and we never saw it coming

The asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk injured around 1,500 people, damaged thousands of buildings, and exposed an ...

Chinese rocket scientists find ‘most effective’ way to nuke a doomsday asteroid

China’s two-pronged method could blast apart an Earth-threatening space rock using a 3-megaton explosion equivalent to 200 Hiroshima bombs.
The Conversation

A meteor exploded in the sky above New South Wales. An astronomer explains where it might have come from

At about 6:30pm last night, a meteor exploded with a bright flash that was widely seen across eastern Australia. Stunned onlookers from Sydney to Canberra, and beyond, reported seeing the explosion ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Meteorite Crashed Into a New Jersey Home in 2024. Now, Scientists Say It Contains Some of the Building Blocks of Life

The Hillsborough meteorite belongs to a rare class of rocks from space, according to a new study. It holds amino acids and other organic compounds, as well as evidence of salty water ...
IBTimes UK

NASA Confirms 75,000 MPH Meteor Exploded Over Massachusetts With Force of 300 Tons of TNT

NASA said a meteor travelling at 75,000 miles per hour exploded over Massachusetts and nearby New Hampshire shortly after 2pm on Saturday, sending loud booms across parts of the north-eastern United ...
The Mirror

NASA releases new terrifying details as meteor explodes near Massachusetts

A meteor crashing toward Earth exploded over the north-eastern United States on Saturday with a blast equivalent to 300 tons of TNT., NASA said. The fireball broke up over northeastern Massachusetts ...