A METEOR that left hundreds of people injured after striking a Russian town could have hit the British Isles if it had been at a slightly different time of day, astronomers have revealed.
Scientists say an impact similar to the meteor strike on the Urals on Friday on a larger city would have been devastating.
The warning, based on an analysis of the earth's rotation, came as it was announced that a new state-of-the-art detection system is being developed.
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