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 ...

MOSCOW — Russia’s top space researchers are considering a mission to deflect 99942 Apophis, an asteroid that will fly close to Earth two decades from now, said Anatoly Perminov, the head of Russia’s ...

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 ...

A meteor that hit a Russian city Friday has sparked conversation among astronomy experts in Southwest Ohio. Bob Connell, president of the Miami Valley Astronomical Society, said it's nearly impossible ...

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International media is reporting a suspected meteor over Russia that was recorded by dash cameras overnight in the city of Murmansk. The event of a brightly lit projectile speeding toward the ground ...

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