Science Channel turning Russian meteor explosion into TV special

Have you heard about the amazing falling meteor that wounded more than a 1,000 people in Russia on Friday? What an amazing thing in this day and age. You would think there would be ways to protect people from them, but still this fantastic even sent a shock wave through the country's Chelyabinsk region with the force on an atomic-bomb. Some Russians though that we were entering end times. 

The explosion causes the largest reported fireball since the Tunguska event in 1908, when an asteroid explosion flattened trees over 820 square miles of Siberian forest. Seriously, watch this:

Videos like these are all over the internet. The very same day, a different asteroid measuring 150 feet across missed Earth by a mere 17,500 miles, according to NASA.

These two events have pushed the Discovery Communications Science Channel into action. It aired a special today (what turnaround!) that looked into the meteor explosion and pondered if the two events were related. (NASA says no need to worry, folks) Scientists, Physicists and Astronomers appeared to discuss the events.

The special will be re-airing later this evening and is expected to air again later this week after the channel juggles some programing.

Did anyone see it?