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Scientists reconstruct Russian meteor trajectory

The trail of falling meteor is seen above a residential apartment block in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on February 15, 2013

A duo of Colombian scientists say they have reconstructed the orbit of the meteor that exploded earlier this month over Chelyabinsk, Russia.  Relying on videos of the meteor from Chelyabinsk’s Revolutionary Square and in the nearby city of Korkino, astronomers Jorge Zuluaga and Ignacio Ferrin at…  …

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Russian scientists say they have recovered meteor fragments

Chelyabinsk police officers examine small objects near a hole in a frozen lake, reportedly the site of a meteor fall, outside the town of Chebakul. File photo via AFP.

Scientists said Monday they had discovered fragments of the meteor that spectacularly plunged over Russia’s Ural Mountains creating a shockwave that injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes. The giant piece of space rock streaked over the city of Chelyabinsk in central Russia on Friday with the force of…

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Russia halts search for meteorite

People stand near a six-metre (20-foot) hole in the ice of a frozen lake, reportedly the site of the meteor fall, outside the town of Chebakul in the Chelyabinsk region on February 15, 2013

Russian authorities halted their search Sunday for the meteorite that spectacularly struck the Urals last week, leaving about 1,200 people injured and damaging several thousand buildings. The 10-tonne space rock streaked over the Chelyabinsk region in central Russia in a blinding fireball on Friday. With air temperatures at around minus…

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Scientists crafting new asteroid-detection systems after ‘cosmic coincidence’

An artist's animation illustrates a massive asteroid belt in orbit around a star the same age and size as our Sun. Scientists have dismissed adventure films like 'Armageddon' where the hero uses a nuclear bomb to save Earth from a giant asteroid, as too little science and a lot of fiction. (AFP Photo/)

Science editor Robin McKie reports from Boston as experts create warning systems to minimize risk from impact The extraterrestrial double whammy that Earth only partially avoided on Friday has triggered an immediate response from astronomers. Several have announced plans to create state-of-the-art detection systems to give warning of incoming asteroids…

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