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it's Friday februari 15 2013 I'm David Pierce and the word of the day is caffeine this is 90 seconds on the verge brought to you by motorola a meteorite exploded above russia early this morning residents have posted numerous YouTube videos showing object streaking across the sky accompanied by a series of massive blasts and blinding light the incident occurred about 1,500 kilometers east of Moscow according to reports as many as 1,200 people may have been injured as windows and glass shattered after the explosion the Russian Academy of Science estimates that the meteorite may have weighed as much as 10 tons before entering Earth's atmosphere and in somehow unrelated space news there's another rock headed our way an asteroid known as 2012 da14 is passing within about 17,000 miles of Earth today it's the closest pass we've ever seen for an object of its size and approximately a hundred and sixty-four feet across it's equivalent to the rock that was responsible for the Tunguska blast of 1908 you won't be able to see it with the naked eye but the flyby is streaming live online right now unless you're watching this over the weekend in which case there's always youtube and finally what's a week without more Star Wars rumors Harrison Ford is reportedly set to return as Han Solo Latino Review is reporting that the actor will be playing a version of his smuggler character in star wars episode 7 we're guessing a much older one the news hasn't been confirmed by either Lucasfilm or Disney just yet but rumors have been swirling that the actor was interested in reprising his role I love you enough and that's it for today's top stories join us next week when I'll spend every episode learning how to square dance it's really underrated and a lot harder than you might think