meteor strike
Cosmic rock crash
A meteor strike is the impact of a meteoroid or asteroid on a planetary surface.
The term often evokes catastrophic events—the meteor strike that killed the dinosaurs, or hypothetical future impacts threatening civilization.
Scientists track near-Earth objects to assess meteor strike risk.
The phrase also appears in video games and science fiction: The meteor strike wiped out half the map.
- fireballLuminous meteor or explosion
- shooting starBurning debris in atmosphere
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- ground zeroExplosion's central impact point
- blast radiusArea affected by explosion
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- celestial eventssolar eclipse, lunar eclipse, eclipse, supernova, aurora borealis
- Disaster Films2012, Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow, The Towering Inferno
- natural disastersearthquake, tornado, hurricane, tsunami, volcanic eruption
- World EventsOlympics, World Cup, G20, G7 summit, pandemic
- 2013Boston Marathon bombing, Edward Snowden, NSA leaks, government shutdown, Harlem Shake
- Earth history eventsice age, volcanic eruption, mass extinction, asteroid impact, continental drift
meteor strikerocket launch
Spacecraft propelled skyward
volcanic eruption · satellite deployment · space launch · liftoff · explosion
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