The asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk injured around 1,500 people, damaged thousands of buildings, and exposed an ...

A 66-foot asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 with a flash brighter than the Sun, but the shockwave arrived about 90 seconds later, smashing windows and injuring roughly 1,500 people.

Russian authorities claim to have found the impact sites of some of the fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteor, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. Two have been found near Chebarkul Lake—one of ...

An asteroid that exploded last year over Chelyabinsk, Russia, leaving more than 1,000 people injured, collided with another asteroid before hitting Earth, research by scientists shows. “This impact ...

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MOSCOW — With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the sky over Russia’s Ural Mountains region Friday and exploded with the force of an atomic bomb, injuring more than ...

Friday's explosion, estimated to be equivalent to several atomic bombs, shattered glass in more than 4,000 buildings in Chelyabinsk and the surrounding region, leaving residents vulnerable in ...

This video still image shows injuries created by the meteor that exploded over the Chelyabinsk region of Russia on Feb. 15, 2013. An object entered the atmosphere over the Urals early in the morning ...