<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#00ffcc;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2d5f895d-50f3-492f-a45b-5d90ba5351d9/B67119F7-3315-4DB7-B19E-245C0E245A6F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/asteroid-with-energy-of-three-hiroshima-bombs-explodes-over-indonesia-14544946.html" href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/asteroid-with-energy-of-three-hiroshima-bombs-explodes-over-indonesia-14544946.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/asteroid-with-energy-of-three-hiroshima-bombs-explodes-over-indonesia-14544946.html">Asteroid with energy of three Hiroshima bombs explodes over Indonesia</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/asteroid-with-energy-of-three-hiroshima-bombs-explodes-over-indonesia-14544946.html"><P>An asteroid, with the energy of three Hiroshima bombs, has exploded in the atmosphere above Indonesia - reigniting fears about Earth's defences against space impacts. </p> <P> Witnesses in Indonesia heard the explosion and spotted a huge fireball in the sky. The blast was also heard by monitoring stations 10,000 miles away, according to a report by scientists at the University of Western Ontario. </p> <P> The explosion, on October 8, caused no damage on the ground because it occurred at high altitude, 15 to 20km above Earth's surface. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/asteroid-with-energy-of-three-hiroshima-bombs-explodes-over-indonesia-14544946.html">A Nasa statement said: "We estimate size to be about 5-10 meters in diameter. 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