Fiery meteor explodes over Russia; 1,100 injured
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains region Friday and exploded with the force of an atomic bomb, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city of 1 million.