... A meteoroid fell to Earth on February 15, streaking some 20 to 30 kilometers above the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia at 9:20am local time. Initially traveling at about 20 kilometers per second, its explosive deceleration after impact with the lower atmosphere created a flash brighter than the Sun. Curiosity Self Portrait Panorama . ... Because Mercury orbits so close to the Sun, it never wanders far from the Sun in Earth's sky. ... Asteroid 2012 DA14 Passes the Earth . ... February 2016 . ...