On Friday morning, around 9.20 am local time,
a meteor exploded in the stratosphere over Russia's Urals region, near the city of Chelyabinsk (see map below).
When
the meteor exploded, it created a flash brighter than the sun.
Residents of Chelyabinsk, Siberia, likely felt that way last Feb. 15, when a roughly 15 - meter - wide
meteor exploded above the Ural Mountains, shattering windows across about 200,000 square meters.
When
a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, last February, the world's space agencies found out along with the rest of us, on Twitter and YouTube.
Asteroid detection and deflection has become a higher international priority since a surprise
meteor exploded over the Russian region of Chelyabinsk earlier this year, causing injuries to nearly 1500 people.
YOU WROTE: When Sodom was burned we now know
a meteor exploded over Asia that caused the destruction of many cities over the world.
When Sodom was burned we now know
a meteor exploded over Asia that caused the destruction of many cities over the world.
Her giant splash reverberated through the shallow waters of Magdalena Bay like
a meteor exploding into Earth.
When
meteors explode on entering our atmosphere, they form hailstorms.
Not exact matches
A
meteor that
exploded over Russia in 2013 could finally help to explain what flattened millions of trees in 1908
A new study shows how a 200 - metre - wide rock, first spotted in 2011, could have spawned the Chelyabinsk
meteor that
exploded over Russia on 15 February.
FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE — After more than a month of attempts to contact the reclusive hero, reports are coming in today from the icy home of global do - gooder Superman that he intentionally let the
meteor that impacted Chelyabinsk, Russia on February 15th enter the atmosphere and
explode.
When lightning is not responsible, the flash may have a true celestial origin — an
exploding meteor.
When a
meteor comes hurtling toward Earth, the high - pressure air in front of it seeps into its pores and cracks, pushing the body of the
meteor apart and causing it to
explode.
The first was a large
meteor that
exploded over central Russia, which was followed by the closest predicted pass of an asteroid.
H. (Directors & Screenwriters: Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia)-- Two women, each named Helen, find their lives spinning out of control after a
meteor allegedly
explodes over their city of Troy, New York.
This particular work takes a viewer on a tour of what
exploding rocks and
meteors, Tron - like imagined computer space, and rotating balls of goo.