A Meteor Exploded Over Russia With Nuclear Bomb Force

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]In 2013, the sky over Russia exploded.

[00:00:04]A meteor, only about 18 to 20 m wide, entered Earth's atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia.

[00:00:13]At first, it looked like a bright streak across the morning sky. Then suddenly, boom! The meteor exploded high above the ground, releasing energy estimated at around 500 kilotons of TNT, about 30 times stronger than the Hiroshima bomb.

[00:00:31]The blast was so powerful it shattered windows, damaged thousands of buildings, and injured over a thousand people, mostly from flying glass.

[00:00:41]And here's the scary part.

[00:00:43]Nobody saw it coming.

[00:00:46]Because it came from the direction of the sun, telescopes had almost no warning.

[00:00:51]A rock smaller than a house turned into one of the most powerful explosions humans have ever witnessed from space.

[00:00:58]Space doesn't need to hit Earth to remind us how dangerous it is.