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Asteroid That Exploded Above Niagra Falls Confirmed to Be the Smallest Space Rock Ever Measured
In November 2022, asteroid 2022 WJ1 exploded above Niagara Falls in a green fireball, making it the smallest space rock ever measured. Detected hours before impact, the asteroid provided valuable insights into asteroid tracking and analysis. Researchers utilised telescopes and meteor cameras to determine its size and composition, setting a preceden...
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Geminids Meteor Shower 2022: As The Night Sky Glitters, Social Media Explodes With Photos And Videos
The Geminids will be at their peak this year on the nights of December 14 and 15, and they will be visible in India and other parts of the world.
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Killer Asteroids Abound. NASA Is Ready To Do Something About It
On a winter morning in 2013, a meteor the size of a four-story building screamed across the country, exploding near the city of Chelyabinsk and injuring more than 1,600 people amid widespread property damage.
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Huge Meteor Explodes In The Sky Above Derby. Watch
A man's doorbell camera captured an exploding meteor in Derby, UK.
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Weather Satellite, Radar Detect Car-Size Asteroid Exploding In Atmosphere
At 4:25 p.m. Saturday afternoon, meteorologists noticed an unusually bright flash signature over the Caribbean waters 170 miles south of Puerto Rico. A spattering of debris showed up on the National Weather Service in San Juan's radar. That's a telltale sign of a meteor or asteroid impact.
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Panic As "Blindingly Bright" Meteor Explodes Over Russia With Loud Boom
Onlookers were left panicking when a meteor exploded over Siberia in Russia on Saturday.
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Massive Meteor Shower Coming, Could Be Loaded With Surprises: Scientists
On June 30, 1908, an object the size of an apartment building came hurtling out of the sky and exploded in the atmosphere above Siberia. The Tunguska event, named for a river, flattened trees for 800 square miles.
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US Air Force Silent On Reports Of Meteor Crash Near Base
The United States Air Force has not made any mentions of a meteor that crashed near one of its bases near Greenland on July 25.
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Video: Asteroid Headed Towards Earth Explodes Above Africa
A boulder-size asteroid disintegrated over Africa just hours after its discovery on Saturday morning, June 2.
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466 Million-Year-Old Space Collision Is Still Raining Shrapnel Down On Earth
Roughly 466 million years ago, something huge exploded in space and sent shrapnel raining down on Earth. It was the biggest such cataclysm to happen in our celestial neighborhood in some 3 billion years.
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Meteor that hit Russia may have had close shave with Sun
The meteor that injured over 1,500 people when it exploded and showered debris over Russia in February may have had a close shave with the Sun earlier, researchers said Tuesday.
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Russian meteor damage estimated at over $30 million
Russian authorities estimate that the meteor that entered the Earth's atmosphere and exploded in the sky over the Ural Mountains region caused more than $30 million in damage.
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Russian meteor exploded with force of 30 Hiroshima bombs
The meteor that streaked across the Russian skies on Friday, injuring around 1,200 people, exploded with a force 30 times greater than the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, NASA scientists say.
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Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall
A small army of workers set to work on Saturday to replace the estimated 200,000 square meters (50 acres) of windows shattered by the shock wave from a meteor that exploded over Russia's Chelyabinsk region.
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Asteroid will buzz, miss Earth, unlike meteor
A 150-foot asteroid hurtled toward Earth's backyard, destined on Friday to make the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia's Ural Mountains just hours before the asteroid was due to zoom past the planet.
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Asteroid That Exploded Above Niagra Falls Confirmed to Be the Smallest Space Rock Ever Measured
In November 2022, asteroid 2022 WJ1 exploded above Niagara Falls in a green fireball, making it the smallest space rock ever measured. Detected hours before impact, the asteroid provided valuable insights into asteroid tracking and analysis. Researchers utilised telescopes and meteor cameras to determine its size and composition, setting a preceden...
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Geminids Meteor Shower 2022: As The Night Sky Glitters, Social Media Explodes With Photos And Videos
The Geminids will be at their peak this year on the nights of December 14 and 15, and they will be visible in India and other parts of the world.
-
Killer Asteroids Abound. NASA Is Ready To Do Something About It
On a winter morning in 2013, a meteor the size of a four-story building screamed across the country, exploding near the city of Chelyabinsk and injuring more than 1,600 people amid widespread property damage.
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Huge Meteor Explodes In The Sky Above Derby. Watch
A man's doorbell camera captured an exploding meteor in Derby, UK.
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Weather Satellite, Radar Detect Car-Size Asteroid Exploding In Atmosphere
At 4:25 p.m. Saturday afternoon, meteorologists noticed an unusually bright flash signature over the Caribbean waters 170 miles south of Puerto Rico. A spattering of debris showed up on the National Weather Service in San Juan's radar. That's a telltale sign of a meteor or asteroid impact.
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Panic As "Blindingly Bright" Meteor Explodes Over Russia With Loud Boom
Onlookers were left panicking when a meteor exploded over Siberia in Russia on Saturday.
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Massive Meteor Shower Coming, Could Be Loaded With Surprises: Scientists
On June 30, 1908, an object the size of an apartment building came hurtling out of the sky and exploded in the atmosphere above Siberia. The Tunguska event, named for a river, flattened trees for 800 square miles.
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US Air Force Silent On Reports Of Meteor Crash Near Base
The United States Air Force has not made any mentions of a meteor that crashed near one of its bases near Greenland on July 25.
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Video: Asteroid Headed Towards Earth Explodes Above Africa
A boulder-size asteroid disintegrated over Africa just hours after its discovery on Saturday morning, June 2.
-
466 Million-Year-Old Space Collision Is Still Raining Shrapnel Down On Earth
Roughly 466 million years ago, something huge exploded in space and sent shrapnel raining down on Earth. It was the biggest such cataclysm to happen in our celestial neighborhood in some 3 billion years.
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Meteor that hit Russia may have had close shave with Sun
The meteor that injured over 1,500 people when it exploded and showered debris over Russia in February may have had a close shave with the Sun earlier, researchers said Tuesday.
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Russian meteor damage estimated at over $30 million
Russian authorities estimate that the meteor that entered the Earth's atmosphere and exploded in the sky over the Ural Mountains region caused more than $30 million in damage.
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Russian meteor exploded with force of 30 Hiroshima bombs
The meteor that streaked across the Russian skies on Friday, injuring around 1,200 people, exploded with a force 30 times greater than the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, NASA scientists say.
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Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall
A small army of workers set to work on Saturday to replace the estimated 200,000 square meters (50 acres) of windows shattered by the shock wave from a meteor that exploded over Russia's Chelyabinsk region.
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Asteroid will buzz, miss Earth, unlike meteor
A 150-foot asteroid hurtled toward Earth's backyard, destined on Friday to make the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia's Ural Mountains just hours before the asteroid was due to zoom past the planet.
