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in 1888, a meteorite plunged into the earth's atmosphere, exploding to pieces, killing one man and injuring 2 others.

exploring the sun, extraterrestrial, searching for life in the solar system and potential super-earths for the hope of living in space are nasa's great missions from 2018 onwards.

the earth may be threatened by a giant meteorite weighing 40 million tons, if its impact occurs its destructive power is equivalent to 65,000 american atomic bombs dropped on