NASA confirms meteor explosion over Ohio
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NASA managed to miss a meteor explosion over Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday (March 17), not long after a scientist explained why it's impossible to track each and every one. The blast, which produced a shockwave equivalent to around 250 tons of TNT, came from an object just two metres wide and weighing roughly seven tonnes, as National Today reports.
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