Powerful Asteroids Strike Earth with Surprising Frequency - HD

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Between 2000 and 2013, 26 explosions ranging from 1 to 600 kilotons of TNT have been detected by the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization's network of sensors.

For comparison, the bomb that decimated Hiroshima had an energy equivalent of 15 kilotons.

Credit: B612 Foundation

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