A plunging meteor exploded today above central Russia, setting off a shock wave that shattered windows and hurt over 500 people.
ປະມວນພາບ ສະເກັດດາວຕົກ ສ້າງຄວາມແຕກຕື່ນ ຢູ່ຣັດເຊຍ
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The meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, February 15, 2013. Photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru.
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People stand near a six-meter hole in the ice of a frozen lake, the site of a meteor fall, outside the town of Chebakul in the Chelyabinsk region. Photo: Chelyabinsk Region Police Department
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Trees in Russia were burned down by the Tunguska meteoroid event in 1908, which was caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5-10 kilometers above the Earth's surface.
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A view of a multiple rocket launcher during an exercise in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang.