Another notable event involved the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, which was 66 feet in diameter. Chelyabinsk caused minimal damage to the area where it crash-landed, but its entry created an air burst.

During the drill, when it looked as if the meteor would hit just outside the nation s capital, experts predicted 78,000 people could die. But when the mock meteor ended up in the ocean, the fake ...

While most NEOs are harmless, larger ones can cause significant damage, such as the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor explosion over Russia that injured nearly 1,500 people.

In 2014, in the wake of the Chelyabinsk meteor, the United Nations brought greater focus to asteroid threats and planetary defense by sanctioning “International Asteroid Day” on June 30, a ...

In the town of Chebarkul, 50 miles west of Chelyabinsk city, divers explored the bottom of an ice-crusted lake looking for meteor fragments believed to have fallen there, leaving a 20-foot-wide hole.

The roof of a zinc factory in Chelyabinsk, about 900 miles east of Moscow, collapsed after a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs ...

It’s been an odd day for Earth and celestial objects. A 10-ton meteorite exploded near the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring hundreds and causing widespread panic. Meanwhile, a 143,000-ton ...

While early estimates placed the 55-foot meteor in the 10-ton range, the actual size was closer to 10,000 tons, and the energy released during the event was in the neighborhood of 500 kilotons.