Shortly after first light on Feb. 15, 2013, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky before exploding with an estimated blast yield of up to 500 kilotons of TNT — far more powerful than the ...
Images from a 2D Spheral simulation showing the fragmentation of the Chelyabinsk bolide as it descends through the atmosphere. Credit: LLNL Planetary Defense program Images from a 2D Spheral ...
Divers working at Lake Chebarkul have recovered a half-ton piece of the meteorite that exploded over Chelyabinsk earlier this year. The fly-over, a viral, online sensation at the time (the YouTube ...
The bus-sized meteor that slammed into Russia in February, causing a massive shock-wave and injuring hundreds of people, sent a plume of dust into the stratosphere that circled the globe in just four ...