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Close Encounters of the Celestial Kind: 2013 Multiple Asteroid Sightings Around The World

Close Encounters of the Celestial Kind: 2013 Multiple Asteroid Sightings Around The World

[*The Chinese Year of the Snake (or Cosmic Serpent) is off to an appropriate start with the February 15th  bolide explosion over Russia.] The article The Boy Who Cried Wolf: 2012, Fenrir and Asteroid DA14, which appeared in last month’s Oracle, was written in late January, prior to the passage on February 15 of Asteroid 2012 DA14 only 17,200 miles […]

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Meteorite hits Russian Urals: Fireball explosion wreaks havoc, over 500 injured

Meteorite hits Russian Urals: Fireball explosion wreaks havoc, over 500 injured

Eyewitness accounts of the meteorite phenomenon, handpicked by RT. According to unconfirmed reports, the meteorite was intercepted by an air defense unit at the Urzhumka settlement near Chelyabinsk. A missile salvo blew the meteorite to pieces at an altitude of 20 kilometers, local newspaper Znak reports quoting a source in the military. Regnum news agency quoted a military source who […]

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