The Tunguska event, a seismic blast that rocked a remote Siberian forest more than a century ago, is believed to have been caused by a meteor that exploded before it hit the ground. A new study sheds ...

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Over a century ago, on the morning of the June, 30, 1908, a stupendous explosion occurred over the Tunguska forest of Siberia. The resulting shock waves were detected on seismographs thousands of ...

In the early morning of June 30, 1908, a massive explosion flattened entire forests in a remote region of Eastern Siberia along the Tunguska River. Curiously, the explosion left no crater, creating a ...

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The event in Siberia, which flattened a large area of forest in an explosive, thermal and concussive event, has stirred speculation for an entire century. "The explosion near the Podkamennaya Tunguska ...

Today is International Asteroid Day, marking the 111th anniversary of the most destructive asteroid event in recorded history: The Tunguska event. On June 30, 1908 near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River ...

The “Tunguska Event” refers to the tremendous explosion on the morning of June 30, 1908, that laid waste to about 2150 square kilometres of Siberia in the region to the north and north-west of Lake ...

Moscow/Bologna/Halle. The Tunguska catastrophe in 1908 evidently led to high levels of acid rain. This is the conclusion reached by Russian, Italian and German researchers based on the results of ...

The largest impact event in recorded history may have been caused by the shock waves generated by an iron asteroid that entered the Earth's atmosphere at a shallow angle before heading back into space ...

Trees lie strewn across the Siberian countryside 45 years after a meteorite struck the Earth near Tunguska. AP Photo, File The Tunguska event, a seismic blast that rocked a remote Siberian forest more ...