500 injured by blasts as meteor falls in Russia

Friday, February 15, 2013 - 07:00 in Astronomy & Space

A meteor that scientists estimate weighed 10 tons (11 tons) streaked at supersonic speed over Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday, setting off blasts that injured some 500 people and frightened countless more.

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