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Feb 19, 2013 06:33 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
Friday's historic meteor airburst over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, gave the unlikely statistics of being hit by space rocks a very human twist. ->
Feb 15, 2013 11:59 AM ET // Irene Klotz
More than 900 people were injured Friday morning after a meteor streaking to Earth triggered a powerful sonic boom. Learn what caused the powerful boom. ->
Feb 13, 2013 02:00 PM ET // Nicole Gugliucci
When asteroid 2012 DA14 makes its close approach on Friday, radio astronomers will be ready to fire radar at the speeding space rock in an effort to measure its spin. ->
Feb 5, 2013 12:59 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
Next week, a 45 meter-wide, 130,000 ton space rock will zoom safely by. But as far as cosmic distances go, it will be a close shave. ->
Sep 19, 2011 10:02 PM ET // Irene Klotz
The asteroid suspect that wiped out the dinosaurs may have been misidentified.
Nov 17, 2011 10:28 AM ET // Tim Wall
An asteroid impact crater in France is getting the honor of giving the "terrible lizards" their chance to take over the Triassic.
Oct 11, 2011 01:32 AM ET // Irene Klotz
A giant mountain, three times taller than Earth's highest peak, graces the southern polar region of Vesta, and NASA's Dawn probe is taking a close look.
Sep 23, 2010 09:44 AM ET // Jennifer Ouellette
The European Space Agency creates a LEGO set modeled on their asteroid-landing mission.
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