Highly Anticipated Asteroid Upstaged, By A Meteor

NPR | Feb. 15, 2013 4:13 p.m.

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The much-anticipated close flyby of a large asteroid was upstaged Friday when a meteor unexpectedly streaked across the sky over Russia. The ensuing explosion sent window shards flying and injured hundreds of people. .

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