The asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk injured around 1,500 people, damaged thousands of buildings, and exposed an uncomfortable truth: scientists completely missed it, even as they were ...

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 ...

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Brightly burning rocks could be seen for hundreds of kilometres as they crashed into the Ural region. Chelyabinsk residents reported the ground shook, windows shattered and car alarms were set off ...

You might expect customs agents at a major seaport to find smuggled weapons, narcotics, or stolen antiquities. You probably don’t expect them to pry open a wooden shipping crate and find a ...

Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into smuggling - Copyright Federal Customs Service of Russia/AFP Handout Prosecutors have opened a criminal ...

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 ...