“Civilization would survive probably, but not in the form that we know it.”

“We saw a light in the heavens and then a big ball of fire, bigger than the sun.”

There is one…

• AP: Hundreds injured…

…A once-in-every-five-years event

• European Space Agency: Not related to asteroid currntly flying-by earth

• Russia Today: Nearly 3,000 buildings damaged; close to 1,000 injured…

…Weighed 10 tons before hitting earth

…Possibly intercepted by rockets

• Russian lawmaker: “Those aren’t meteors falling, it’s the Americans testing new weapons.”

• What’s the difference between an asteroid and meteor?

• Live updates

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