Advertisement

February 23, 2013

Don't Compare Meteors to Nuclear Bombs

Rebecca Rosen, The Atlantic


AP Photo

Perhaps you saw the reports last week, as the world tried to wrap its collective mind around the piece of outer space that had arrived at our small piece of inner space, that the Russian meteor exploded "with the force of 30 Read Full Article ››


TAGGED: energy, nuclear bomb, meteors

RECOMMENDED ARTICLES

February 15, 2013
What if the Asteroid Actually Hit Earth Today?
Jesus Diaz, Gizmodo
Astronomers are completely confident that the 150-foot-wide asteroid 2012 DA14 is not going to hit us, passing "only" at 17,200 miles from Earth—the closest encounter with an asteroid ever predicted. It's a close call, but... more ››
February 18, 2013
Why Didn't We See that Huge Meteor Coming?
Rebecca Boyle, PopSci
Friday morning’s meteor, the largest object to strike Earth in more than a century, took the whole planet by surprise. But maybe it didn't have to.There's a chance the space rock that careened into Earth’s atmosphere... more ››
February 18, 2013
What Are the Odds of Being Killed by an Asteroid?
Adam Mann, Wired
Most people in the U.S. woke up to a spectacular sight this morning: videos from Russian dashboard cameras showing a fireball in the sky crashing down to the Earth. The 15-meter meteorite impacted the atmosphere and exploded... more ››
|