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  It was meteorite that killed a person in Vellore, says study

  India | February 16, 2016 8:09 IST

  Chennai: Challenging NASA's statement that the object that killed a driver in an engineering college in Vellore was not a meteorite, experts from the Tiruchirapalli-based National College said that the 'samples collected from the spot

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  NASA contradicts CM Jaya's claim of 'meteorite' causing Vellore death

  India | February 10, 2016 15:22 IST

  Washington: US space agency NASA has said that an explosion in Tamil Nadu that left one man dead and three others injured does not appear to be a result of a meteorite crash.According to a

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  Vellore blast: Meteorite claims 1st human life in history

  India | February 09, 2016 13:39 IST

  Chennai: This may be the first official confirmation of an object from space killing a living thing on earth this side of the 20th century.If the object is confirmed to be a meteorite -- a

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  Meteorite caused 'mishap' in Vellore college: Jayalalithaa

  India | February 07, 2016 21:59 IST

  Chennai: A day after a man was killed and three others were injured in a mysterious explosion in Vellore, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said it was a meteorite fall that caused the mishap."A

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  Meteorite-hit near Nicaraguan capital likely was asteroid piece

  World | September 08, 2014 17:26 IST

  London: A meteorite that left a crater near the international airport in the Nicaraguan capital Managua may have been part of the asteroid, 60-feet in size, that flew past Earth last weekend.According to the Nicaraguan

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  Meteorite Strikes County Match

  Cricket | July 27, 2010 11:08 IST

  London: The sparse crowd watching a county match was treated to an out of the world experience quite literally when a 4.5 billion years old meteorite came hurtling towards the ground. According to a report