Tunguska Mystery Blast Solved?

mfarah writes: "This BBC article informs that an Italian scientist team has determined that the 1908 blast in Tunguska was in fact caused by a low density asteroid - that's why no crater was ever found. The article mentions that had the asteroid fallen into a populated area, instead of remote Siberia, hundreds of thousands of casualties would have been the result. Fortunately this news comes well after the "meteorite blast" fad has faded from Hollywood..."

Comments

Re:Reality check

[Jerf]

The worst part is, did I read this in a Larry Niven novel or watch it on Discovery channel?

Both have roughly the same amount of truth to them. Larry, however, knows he's writing fiction.

Re:its behaviour

[Rude Turnip]

Keep in mind that these witnesses were a bunch of Russians out in the middle of nowhere. For them, the room was probably moving around in an S-shaped path, if you know what I mean.