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Meteorite explosion over Russia injures nearly 1,000

A meteor weighing an estimated 10 tons shattered between 18 and 32 miles above the Chelyabinsk region and Russia’s Ural Mountains Friday, generating blasts that injured more than 750 people, the Associated Press reports. The meteor entered the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of at least 33,000 miles per hour, creating a bright burst of […]

February 15, 2013