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Tracing the past of exploding meteors in the Russian sky
The meteorite exploded in the Russian sky last month more likely to split from an asteroid and collided with another celestial body tens of millions of years ago.
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Discover large meteorite in Antarctica
Vinciane Debaille, a geologist of the Free University of Brussels in Belgium, and Belgian and Japanese colleagues have used snowmobiles to find Antarctic meteorites for…
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Europe set up a meteorite monitoring center
Nicolas Bobrinsky, director of ESA's Space Situation (SSA) program, said that the meteorite crash in central Russia made nearly 1,200 people injured on February 15 show…
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The American spacecraft will crash into the meteorite
A US-built spacecraft will plunge into two meteors for scientists to study countermeasures
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Russia banned the transfer of meteorite pieces abroad
Customs have promised scientists to prevent the release of meteorite debris. Tours of meteorites are rushing to Chelyabinsk. Local authorities plan to turn this place in…
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Found 53 'meteorite fragments'
Russian police are verifying information that meteorite debris falls in the central region of Urals, being sold online, while scientists claim to find 53 fragments.
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Meteors once fell into Vietnam
Talking to PV, Dr. Le Huy Minh said that meteorites falling into the Earth's atmosphere are relatively many phenomena. But falling to the ground like the case in Russia…
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Why is Russian radar blind?
The public is now asking why Russian powerful missile defense radar systems have not discovered the meteorite in this country on the morning of February 15.
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How to recognize meteors
A normal person is easily fooled when he buys a meteorite for a very high price, because they are difficult to distinguish between asteroid and ordinary stone.
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Russian meteorite turned into
After an asteroid explosion in a poor Siberia town, Larisa Briyukova wondered what to do with the strange stone she found.
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Meteors are hard to destroy the earth
Whether an asteroid explodes or falls to the ground depends on the ability of the atmosphere to withstand the compressive pressure. They often take up to 99% of the mate…
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Meteorites caught fire in Russia, 500 people were injured
An asteroid caught fire and exploded violently, dragging shocks and glare in the sky of central Russia, breaking many glass doors and injuring hundreds.
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The United States did not detect meteorite falling in Russia
A US senator commented that the US government invested a lot of money in the program to track objects near the earth, but their devices still could not detect meteorites…
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Find the meteorite at the bottom of the lake in vain
Divers have just finished checking Lake Chebarkul, where a meteorite is thought to fall and create a giant crater on the ice, but no trace is found.