INSIDE the glider high above the snow - capped Andes of Patagonia, a rush of air blasted from a canister. (newscientist.com)
US forces in Afghanistan dropped the GBU - 43 / B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, whose acronym has inspired the nickname «Mother of All Bombs,» over the Achin district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, which borders northwest Pakistan. (businessinsider.com)
Melosh, who wasn't involved in the study, added that the findings «lead one to appreciate the role of air blasts in asteroid impacts as we saw in Chelyabinsk.» (sciencedaily.com)