In 2013, the Chelyabinsk meteor was only about 59 feet wide and still injured over 1500 people and damaged thousands of buildings. The 2023 KU is six times bigger than the Chelyabinsk meteor.

An 18-meter-diameter Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia in 2013, injuring 1,500 people and causing extensive shockwave damage. Impact reminded us yet again of the deadly potential of ...

An 18-meter-diameter Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia in 2013, injuring 1,500 people and causing extensive shockwave damage. Impact reminded us yet again of the deadly potential of relatively ...

A 2013 paper in Science confirmed the damage. After emitting a blinding flash, the blazing rock’s explosion rattled buildings, shattered windows, and hospitalized roughly 1,500 civilians with the ...

A free light show will flash over South Carolina skies later this month. Every year, the Lyrids meteor shower sparks across the Northern Hemisphere in late April. South Carolinians will have the ...

April stargazers are in for a special micromoon when April's pink moon appears full tonight and look forward to the Lyrid meteor shower streaks and peaks in the sky next week. The April full moon ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — People in the U.S. can expect a few celestial treats in the coming weekends, including a full moon and a meteor shower. The “pink moon” will rise across the evening ...

Lives would be lost and cities would be destroyed. The 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, however, was only 18 meters in diameter. Yet it resulted in 1,500 injuries and shattered glass in buildings.

Even if most just pass by, it takes only one with the right trajectory to cause catastrophic damage. If 2023 KU were to slam into ... wiping out entire cities or regions. The Chelyabinsk meteor in ...

In 2025, the skies have been filled with breathtaking celestial events, from dazzling meteor showers to rare planetary alignments, and April promises even more cosmic wonders to witness.