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March 26, 2020: The object seen in the Nepali sky Thursday evening is probably a fireball or a bolide, The Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO) said. Meanwhile, NASO has urged Gandaki province residents to share any evidence of the object observed entering the atmosphere.  A bright object was seen in western Nepal mainly reported from Pokhara, Syanga and Baglung with loud crashing sound heard around 8pm. A bolide is an extremely bright meteor , especially one that explodes in the atmosphere.

Meteorite piece found in Vellore, Tamilnadu (@jsamdaniel) An Indian man has been killed by Meteorite in Vellore leaving a four-feet deep crater inside the Bharathidasan Engineering College campus. The meteorite hit the Indian man at 12:30 p.m. local time (2 a.m. E.T.) Saturday, when the man was standing on the grass near the college's cafeteria located in Nattrampalli, Vellore District of Tamil Nadu. Meteorite also injured two gardeners and a student. A dark blue stone resembling a diamond was spotted at the scene. According to NDTV , Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa said a college bus driver was killed by the meteorite and Rs. 1 lakh has been awarded in compensation to his family. However, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has yet to confirm whether the mysterious object is indeed a meteorite. If scientists confirm the explosion was due to a meteorite, it would be the first recorded human fatality due to a falling space rock

Recent Natural Disasters 2013: Meteor in sky of Russia's Urals region explodes with a flash and boom sound. The meteor entered the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of at least 54,000 kph (33,000 mph) . Familiar with this natural disaster? Kindly write your experience in a few sentence in the comment box below.  Keep this page open or visit later to get update report. Check Worldwide Natural Disasters List + Detail Report Update 02:00 UTC; 2013/02/16   -According to NASA, the shockwave from the blast was equivalent to a 300-kiloton explosion. -Fireball burst into pieces at a height of 30-50 km above the ground, the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN) says. -The damage from the meteorite explosion is estimated $13 million plus. Update 16:05 UTC   -More interesting, the meteor that hit Russia today is the largest recorded object to strike the Earth in more than a century . -Meteorite blast today released hundreds of kilotonnes of energy. It is far more powerful than the nucl