- Meteor-broken windows in Russian city being fixed AP - 20 mins ago
MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in a Russian city say more than half of the acres of windows smashed in the city by an exploding meteor's shock wave have been replaced. More »Meteor-broken windows in Russian city being fixed
- Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall LAURA MILLS - AP - 7 hrs ago
CHELYABINSK, Russia (AP) — As a small army of people worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor, many joked on Saturday about … More »Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall
- Russian Meteor Blast Bigger Than Thought, NASA Says Tariq Malik - SPACE.com - 12 hrs ago
The meteor that exploded over Russia Friday was slightly larger than previously thought and more powerful, too, NASA scientists say. More »Russian Meteor Blast Bigger Than Thought, NASA Says
- Russia cleans up after meteor blast injures more than 1,000 Andrey Kuzmin - Reuters - 15 hrs ago
CHELYABINSK, Russia (Reuters) - Thousands of Russian emergency workers went out on Saturday to clear up the damage from a meteor that exploded over the Ural mountains, … More »Russia cleans up after meteor blast injures more than 1,000
CHELYABINSK, Russia (Reuters) - Thousands of Russian emergency workers went out on Saturday to clear up the damage from a meteor that exploded over the Ural mountains, damaging buildings, shattering windows and showering people with broken glass. Divers searched a lake near the city of Chelyabinsk, where a hole several …
- What If Your Town Were Hit by a Meteor? Marc Lallanilla, Assistant Editor - LiveScience.com - 22 hrs ago
Hollywood loves a good disaster. And one of its favorite disasters, seen in films like "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact," occurs when Earth is hit by an asteroid. More »What If Your Town Were Hit by a Meteor?
- Russian Fireball Highlights Asteroid Threat, Lawmaker Says Leonard David - SPACE.com - 23 hrs ago
The dramatic meteor explosion over Russia Friday (Feb. 15) highlights the need for more attention to be paid to the threat of near-Earth asteroids, an influential American … More »Russian Fireball Highlights Asteroid Threat, Lawmaker Says
- Russian Fireball Won't Be Last Surprise Asteroid Attack Mike Wall - SPACE.com - 23 hrs ago
The world will have to live with surprise asteroid attacks on the scale of Friday's Russian fireball, at least for a while. More »Russian Fireball Won't Be Last Surprise Asteroid Attack
- Fireball Lights Up Northern California Skies: Reports Mike Wall - SPACE.com - Sat, Feb 16, 2013
It's really starting to look like the sky is falling. More »Fireball Lights Up Northern California Skies: Reports
- Russian Meteor Shook Ground Like An Earthquake Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer - LiveScience.com - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
A meteor explosion in the skies above Russia this morning also walloped the Earth, triggering shaking as strong as an earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) r … More »Russian Meteor Shook Ground Like An Earthquake
- Russian Meteor Explosion Outshone Sun Miriam Kramer - SPACE.com - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
The fireball that exploded over Russia Friday morning (Feb. 15) provided onlookers with an incredible spectacle, even outshining the sun for a brief period, scientists … More »Russian Meteor Explosion Outshone Sun
- In a rarity, a meteor hit and an asteroid near-miss on same day Irene Klotz - Reuters - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
BOSTON (Reuters) - An asteroid half the size of a football field passed closer to Earth than any other known object of its size on Friday, the same day an unrelated and … More »In a rarity, a meteor hit and an asteroid near-miss on same day
BOSTON (Reuters) - An asteroid half the size of a football field passed closer to Earth than any other known object of its size on Friday, the same day an unrelated and much smaller space rock blazed over central Russia, creating shock waves that shattered windows and injured 1,200 people. Asteroid 2012 DA14, discovered …
- Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured JIM HEINTZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - AP - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
MOSCOW (AP) — With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, injuring … More »Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured
- Asteroid buzzes, misses Earth _ unlike meteor MARCIA DUNN - AP - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A 150-foot asteroid hurtled through Earth's backyard Friday, coming within an incredible 17,150 miles and making the closest known flyby for … More »Asteroid buzzes, misses Earth _ unlike meteor
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A 150-foot asteroid hurtled through Earth's backyard Friday, coming within an incredible 17,150 miles and making the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia just hours before the asteroid zoomed past the planet.
- Meteor sneaks in under the radar, catches Hadfield off guard on space station Peter Rakobowchuk, The Canadian Press - AP - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
MONTREAL - The meteor that streaked across the sky above the Ural Mountains in Russia on Friday and caused several hundred injuries caught Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield … More »Meteor sneaks in under the radar, catches Hadfield off guard on space station
MONTREAL - The meteor that streaked across the sky above the Ural Mountains in Russia on Friday and caused several hundred injuries caught Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield off guard.
- Asteroid-Targeting System Could Vaporize Dangerous Space Rocks Megan Gannon - SPACE.com - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
A meteor explosion over Russia injured hundreds of people today (Feb. 15), just hours before an asteroid about half the size of a football field gave Earth an extremely … More »Asteroid-Targeting System Could Vaporize Dangerous Space Rocks
- Record-Setting Asteroid Flyby: First Photos Mike Wall - SPACE.com - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
An asteroid half the size of a football field gave Earth a historically close shave today (Feb. 15), and the first photos of the space rock encounter are starting to … More »Record-Setting Asteroid Flyby: First Photos
- Russia Meteor Explosion: 7 Questions Answered Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer - LiveScience.com - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
On Friday morning (Feb.15), residents of Russia's Chelyabinsk region were shocked by a giant fireball streaking across the sky. The explosion, caused by a small meteoroid … More »Russia Meteor Explosion: 7 Questions Answered
- Incoming asteroid misses Earth by 17,150 miles, unrelated to exploding meteor over Russia Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press - AP - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A 150-foot asteroid hurtled through Earth's backyard Friday, coming within an incredible 17,150 miles and making the closest known flyby for a … More »Incoming asteroid misses Earth by 17,150 miles, unrelated to exploding meteor over Russia
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A 150-foot asteroid hurtled through Earth's backyard Friday, coming within an incredible 17,150 miles and making the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia's Ural Mountains just hours before the asteroid zoomed past the planet.
- Fiery meteor explodes over Russia; 1,100 injured JIM HEINTZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - AP - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
MOSCOW (AP) — With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains region Friday and exploded with the force of … More »Fiery meteor explodes over Russia; 1,100 injured
- Asteroid Buzzes Earth in Record-Breaking Flyby Mike Wall - SPACE.com - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
An asteroid half the size of a football field buzzed Earth in a historic flyby today (Feb. 15), barely missing our planet just hours after a much smaller object exploded … More »Asteroid Buzzes Earth in Record-Breaking Flyby
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