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Learn about the fragmented remains of the large Chelyabinsk meteor of 2013 that exploded over Russia and caused damage and injuries. Find out its composition, classification, origin, and how it was collected and displayed.
A near-Earth asteroid exploded in the atmosphere over Chelyabinsk Oblast on 15 February 2013, causing a bright flash, a shock wave, and injuries from broken glass. The meteor was visible across a wide area and was the largest natural object to enter Earth since the 1908 Tunguska event.
The Tunguska event was a large explosion of between 3 and 50 megatons that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, on 30 June 1908. The explosion flattened 2,150 km2 of forest, was heard and felt over a wide area, and produced a bright night sky for days.
Learn about the largest iron meteorite fall witnessed and recovered in history, which occurred in 1947 in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains of Russia. Find out its orbit, size, composition, classification, specimens and impact effects.
A meteorite shower has crash landed across Russia's Ural region, injuring over 250 900 people and damaging buildings in six cities. Residents in Chelyabinsk reported shaking ground, windows ...
Today's incident involving a falling meteor in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia has resulted in an estimated 500 injuries, and while people are scrambling to figure out exactly what has happened ...
A meteor air burst is a type of air burst in which a meteoroid explodes after entering a planetary body's atmosphere. Learn about the causes, frequency, and effects of meteor air bursts, also known as fireballs or bolides, and see some historical and recent events.
Earth's most recent, notable asteroid event was in 2013, when a 60-foot, 7,000-ton meteor entered the atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Its impact resulted in explosions that injured more than ...