Added 1 new A* page:Space news hit the Earth in a big way today--not from the 150-foot asteroid making a close pass by Earth, which had been watched closely by eager eyes for a week or so, but from the sneak attack by a 50-foot, 10,000 ton asteroid that exploded in the air above a remote area of Russia, causing injuries to some 1,000 people by broken glass and the like. NASA says this is the largest such event since the meteor that exploded over a nearly unpopulated area of Tunguska, Siberia, in 1908, flattening trees for miles around. In that case, the cause wasn't understood until much later, but it was pretty obvious with the one today, as it was captured by many cameras as an incredibly bright fireball streaking overhead, leaving a long trail of clouds in its wake, and then exploding in (***you may want to turn down your speakers for this video***) a loud, window-shattering kaboom.
Maaaaan. So the next time there's a big hoo-haa about some asteroid passing near Earth, just remember...it may only be a decoy. >_>
There are some more videos over in this article.
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