A meteor enters the Earth's atmosphere. In February 2013, a meteor exploded in the sky of the Russian town of Čeljabinsk, causing widespread damage and injuring more than 1,200 people. It was the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

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 ...

In the summer of 1908, a blast over remote Siberia flattened trees across an area larger than some countries and lit the sky as far away as Europe. With no crater, no confirmed meteorite fragments and ...

Last month marked the 111th anniversary of the Tunguska event, a blast that flattened trees across half a million acres of Siberian forest on June 20, 1908. Scientists have been puzzling over the ...

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 ...

The Tunguska event is often described as the biggest impact event in recorded human history. In the early morning hours of June 30, 1908, something caused a colossal explosion and a shining ball 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 ...

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 remains a mystery for members of the public, as well as for scientists even on its 110th anniversary. There is still no specific answer as to what really happened 110 years ago, but ...

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 ...