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Tunguska Mystery Blast Solved?

Posted by michael on from the fire-in-the-sky dept.

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..."

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  1. Re:Correct me if im wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I just checked 3 diffrent books all on tesla
    And they all say the same thing.

    It was an experiament to transfer power through the air insted of wire. It was thought that the pyrimids in egypt were used for this. The intended
    target woould recive the power for use but it was mis caculated and hence the destruction.

  2. Blame it on Dubya!!! by thumbtack · · Score: 0, Troll

    We blame him for everything else in the environment, I'm surprised he hasn't caught the heat for this one yet...