Russian scientists find fragments of meteor Meteor exploded over
Russia's Urals region last week What was in that meteor that
exploded spectacularly over Russia's Urals region last week?
Radioactive spores? Tiny Martians? Kryptonite? Nope, just rock
and a bit of iron, according to Russian scientists who tracked
fragments of the meteor to the frozen surface of Lake Chebarkul.
Scientists from Urals Federal University found 53 small
meteorites on the surface of the lake and believe a larger
fragment is under water, said Viktor Grokhovsky, the scientist
who led the effort. The fragments point to a rocky meteor with
about 10% iron mixed in, Grokhovsky told CNN. The meteor
exploded Friday in the air near Chelyabinsk, leaving behind
nothing but meteorites, thousands of broken windows and some
pretty spectacular video of it streaking across the sky before
exploding in a noisy, luminous fireball. The explosion startled
residents going about their morning business and damaged more
than 4,700 buildings, mostly apartment