He estimates the object that exploded over Russia was roughly 30 feet across upon entry, and weighed eight to 10 tons. Meteorite strikes this big are rare, but still happen about once every five ...

An asteroid lit up the sky over the remote region of Yakutia in eastern Russia on Wednesday night. Scientists discovered the celestial body around twelve hours before it entered the atmosphere.

The blast was the second largest of its kind in 30 years, and the biggest since the fireball over Chelyabinsk in Russia six years ago. But it went largely unnoticed until now because it blew up ...

New research finds that a powerful airburst from a meteor colliding with the atmosphere ... bolide that collided with the atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013, creating a shockwave that ...