Meteor falls in Russia, 700 injured by blasts
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 10:01
in Astronomy & Space
A meteor streaked through the sky and exploded Friday over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring more than 750 people. The spectacle deeply frightened thousands, with some elderly women declaring the world was coming to an end.