The Tunguska event is the largest impact event on Earth in recorded history, though much larger impacts occurred in prehistoric times. An explosion of this magnitude would be capable of destroying a large metropolitan area. [10] . The event has …

On June 30, 1908, an asteroid plunged into Earth’s atmosphere and exploded in the skies over Siberia. Local eyewitnesses in the sparsely populated region reported seeing a fireball and hearing a large explosion. They also reported massive forest fires, and trees blown over for miles.

2025年1月15日 · Tunguska event, enormous explosion that occurred at about 7:14 AM on June 30, 1908, at an altitude of 5–10 km (15,000–30,000 feet), flattening some 2,000 square km (500,000 acres) and charring more than 100 square km of pine forest near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in central Siberia, Russia.

2024年6月30日 · On today’s date 116 years ago, the largest asteroid impact in recorded history struck on a warm summer morning in Siberia, Russia. Now, we observe Asteroid Day each year on June 30, on the...

2008年6月30日 · Such is the harrowing testimony of one of the closest eyewitnesses to what scientists call the Tunguska event, the largest impact of a cosmic body to occur on the earth during modern human...

2023年5月29日 · On June 30, 1908, an asteroid flattened an estimated 80 million trees in Siberia over 830 square miles (2,150 square kilometers). Dubbed the Tunguska event, it is considered the biggest...

2019年6月26日 · Now, new research from NASA indicates that the impacts of these mid-size rocks may be less frequent than previously thought. The research revealed that such relatively small but regionally devastating impacts happen on the order of millennia – not centuries, as previously thought.

3 天之前 · "If the asteroid is found to have a diameter in the 50 meters range, and if it can be confirmed that it is a rocky asteroid, the effects would be similar to those of the Tunguska impact in 1908 ...

2025年1月27日 · The Tunguska Event has had a profound impact on scientific research, inspiring advancements in planetary defense and the study of near-Earth objects. It serves as a stark reminder of the potential hazards posed by cosmic bodies. In recent years, programs like NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office and international efforts to track ...

Rumors, conjecture, and conspiracy theories swirl around the explosion that happened near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Siberia, Russia, in 1908. Here is what is known for sure: The explosion occurred about 7:13 AM local time on June 30, 1908.