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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 ...
Hoodline

Bright Flash Lights Up Montgomery Sky, Meteor Society to Rule on Cause

A sudden burst of light over Kane County on Thursday sent viewers scrambling to explain what they had just seen, after a ...
Mint

Watch: Meteor traveling at 75,000 Mph explodes over northeastern US, boom so loud residents say their homes shook

The fireball was visible across portions of New England and quickly became a topic of discussion online, particularly among people in and around Boston. Many residents initially struggled to identify ...

Could A Nuclear Weapon Save Earth From A Dangerous Asteroid? Scientists Run New Tests

Scientists have used powerful computer simulations to examine whether a nuclear explosion could break apart a large asteroid that threatens Earth.
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 ...
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Chemistry From Another World Found in The Famous Hillsborough Meteorite

The Hillsborough meteorite. (A. Gordon/Jenniskens et al., Sci. Adv., 2026) In July 2024, residents of the New York metropolitan area were treated to a rare spectacle as a fireball exploded in the sky, ...