An asteroid about 70 centimeters (27 inches) in diameter recently hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded above Siberia, Russia. However, the celestial body did not damage the Earth's surface and ...

The meteor that exploded over Russia Friday was slightly larger than previously thought and more powerful, too, NASA scientists say. The explosion over the city of Chelyabinsk, on Friday injured ...

Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...

The Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia with a force of 40 Hiroshima nuclear bombs. Damage stretched for 500 square kilometers, destroying 7,200 building and injuring over 1,400 people in its ...

The Antarctic meteorite expedition is the first scientific project in modern Russia on collecting meteorite material on the southernmost continent YEKATERINBURG, December 21. /TASS/. The meteorite ...

TASS/. Celestial bodies, similar in size to the Chelyabinsk meteorite that struck Russia’s Urals ten years ago, land on the country’s territory approximately once in 20-50 years, a Russian ...

an asteroid which scorched through Earth's atmosphere in 2013 and smashed through the icy plains of southern Russia. Luca said: “It didn’t hit anything - but it triggered a sonic boom which ...

The night sky over Kyiv was lit up by what some have speculated may have been a comet or meteor - shortly before Russia launched yet another series of drone strikes. With no official confirmation ...

In February 2013, a fireball streaked through the clear morning sky in Russia's Chelyabinsk region. Hundreds of people were injured after the meteor blew apart in the atmosphere resulting in a ...