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The last major asteroid to hit Earth destroyed 500 square kilometers — and it could have been much worse
The Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia with a force of 40 Hiroshima nuclear bombs. Damage stretched for 500 square kilometers, destroying 7,200 building and injuring over 1,400 people in its ...
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Russian meteor: 17 metres wide, weighed 10.000 tons and crashed at 64.373 km/h says NASA
Not since 1908, when a space rock exploded over Russia’s Tunguska River in Siberia and flattened 2,137 square km of uninhabited forest land, has a meteor event been so devastating.
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Ukrainian forces destroy rare Russian Smerch-2 anti-submarine rocket launcher – video
Ukrainian fighters from the 63rd Separate Mechanised Brigade Steel Lions unit tracked and destroyed a rare Russian Smerch-2 anti-submarine rocket launcher in the forests on the Lyman front using UAVs.
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Events similar to Chelyabinsk meteor occur in Russia every 20-50 years — scientist
Celestial bodies, similar in size to the Chelyabinsk meteorite that struck Russia’s Urals ten years ago, land on the country’s territory approximately once in 20-50 years, a Russian scientist ...
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Sky watchers in Russia not to see Aquariids meteor shower in late July due to waxing moon
MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. The Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaking in late July may not be seen in Russia because of the waxing moon, the press service of Moscow’s Planetarium told TASS ...