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Warning Shot: a “Bullet Hole” on the ISS

April 29, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Canadian astronaut and Expedition 35 commander Chris Hadfield just shared this photo on Twitter, showing a portion of one of the solar array wings on the ISS… with a small but very visible hole made by a passing meteoroid in one of [...]

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Astronomers Calculate Orbit and Origins of Russian Fireball

February 25, 2013

Just a week after a huge fireball streaked across the skies of the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, astronomers published a paper that reconstructs the orbit and determines the origins of the space rock that exploded about 14-20 km (8-12.5 miles) above Earth’s surface, producing a shockwave that damaged buildings and broke windows. Researchers Jorge Zuluaga [...]

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Meteor Blast Rocks Russia

February 15, 2013

This just in: reports of bright meteors and loud explosions have been coming from Russia, with the incredible video above showing what appears to be a meteor exploding in the atmosphere on the morning of Friday, Feb. 15. According to Reuters the objects were seen in the skies over the Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions. “Preliminary [...]

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Fires in the Sky: Aurorae and Meteor Photo by Ole Salomonsen

September 20, 2012

A bright fireball slashes through curtains of aurorae shimmering above the mountains of northern Norway, captured on camera by Ole C. Salomonsen in the early hours of September 20. Salomonsen, a master at photographing the Northern Lights, says this was the biggest fireball he’s ever caught on camera. Remove this ad

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Meteorite Crashes Into London Cab

June 29, 2012

Londoners awoke this morning to news of a meteorite which struck a taxi in the heart of the city’s busy shopping district Covent Garden. Witnesses were left stunned by what looked like a scene straight out of a science fiction film. An incident team arrived almost immediately to cordon off the meteorite and keep the [...]

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