Tag: Meteor

Washington: In order to defend Earth from asteroids, the trick is to spot the near-Earth objects first, according to NASA researchers. A mere 17-20 metres across, the Chelyabinsk meteor caused extensive ground damage and numerous injuries when it exploded on impact with the Earth’s atmosphere in February 2013. To prevent another such impact, Amy Mainzer, […]

Harbin (China): Chinese scientists have discovered a meteor crater with a diameter of 1,850 metres and a depth of 150 metres at Yilan in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. Led by the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the findings were published online in the Chinese Science Bulletin on Tuesday, Xinhua reported. […]