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 ...

A fireball – which is what an asteroid is called once it enters Earth's atmosphere – exploded about 14 miles (22.5km) above the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia. Eyewitnesses described the light ...

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 ...

"There have been only two recorded meteor events comparable in scope with the Chelyabinsk event, namely the explosions of the Sikhote-Alin and the Sterlitamak meteors. On average, such events ...

MOSCOW, February 15 (Itar-Tass) - A source at the Russian Health Ministry told Itar-Tass that 524 people, including 82 children, were injured in the Chelyabinsk Region because of the meteorite fall.