109 years ago today, a meteor crossed paths with Earth and blew apart in the air above a remote area of northern Russia, near the Tunguska River, on June 30, 1908. Wind from the blast flattened trees ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

There is not a week that goes by without hearing about news of another close call with another small asteroid or a large meteor. Just this past week, the Earth was struck by yet another small object: ...

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This release is available in German. 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 ...

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 ...