Earlier today, a meteor weighing nearly 11 tons streaked across the sky and broke up Friday morning over the Russian mountain city of Chelyabinsk, 900 miles from the center of Moscow with the power equal to that of an atomic bomb.

Sonic blasts and tremendous shock waves smashed windows, collapsed roofs and injured nearly 1,000 people.

The intense flash of light and intensity was recorded by bystanders in nations hundreds of miles away.

Meanwhile, a 13-story-size asteroid will pass within 17,100 miles of Earth this weekend before heading off into space.

Are the two related? Is there more to come? How do we prepare? 

Science Channel will broadcast a special on the Russian Meteor explosion on Saturday, February 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Science Channel will look at the amazing celestial event and asks their group of scientists, physicists, astronomers and expert minds from around the globe to take a deeper dive into this phenomenon and consider what's next on the horizon for our planet’s future.