2023.05.31

The Blast That Shook the World

A decade ago Earth suffered its largest asteroid impact in more than a century

Contrails left by the Chelyabinsk meteor over Russia (credit: Alex Alishevskikh)

Contrails left by the Chelyabinsk meteor over Russia (credit: Alex Alishevskikh)

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