NASA Tracks Chelyabinsk Meteor Plume

Source - NASA Science News for August 16, 2013

New research shows that an asteroid exploding over Russia earlier this year created a belt of 'meteor dust' that circulated through the stratosphere for at least three months.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/15aug_russianmeteorplume/

What Exploded over Russia?

Source - NASA Science News for Feb. 26, 2013

Nearly two weeks after an asteroid exploded over Russia's Ural mountains, scientists are making progress understanding the origin and make-up of the unexpected space rock. Today's story from Science@NASA presents their latest results.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/26feb_russianmeteor/

A companion video is posted below and can also be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qZ6oiaSm00




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Meteor Explodes in Daytime Skies over Russia

Source - Space Weather News for Feb. 15, 2013: http://spaceweather.com

RUSSIAN METEOR EXPLOSION: Today, Feb. 15th, a meteor exploded in the daytime skies of Chelyabinsk, Russian.  Shock waves from the blast shattered windows in many buildings and sent onlookers to the hospital with wounds from flying glass.  The meteoroid entered the atmosphere just as asteroid 2012 DA14 was approaching Earth for a record-setting close approach later in the day.  However, NASA says there is no connection between the two: the Russian meteor and 2012 DA14 have different trajectories. A cosmic coincidence?  Visit http://spaceweather.com more information and updates.