russian meteor in 2013
Astronomers Stress the Need for Characterizing the Population of Nearby Potential Earth-Impactors
The meteor explosion over Russia in February 2013 raised concerns that even small asteroid impactors may wreak some havoc given…
11 years ago
Big Meteorite Chunk Found in Russia’s Ural Mountains
Scientists and meteorites hunters have been on a quest to find bits of rock from the asteroid which exploded over…
11 years ago
Astronomers Calculate Orbit and Origins of Russian Fireball
Just a week after a huge fireball streaked across the skies of the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, astronomers published a…
11 years ago
Russian Fireball Inspires Journey into the World of Meteorites
A little more than week ago a 7,000 ton, 50-foot (15-meter) wide meteoroid made an unexpected visit over Russia to…
11 years ago
European Asteroid Smasher Could Bolster Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense is a concept very few people heard of or took seriously - that is until last week’s humongous…
11 years ago