The Tunguska Event

The Tunguska event is the name given to a significant explosion that took place in east Siberia, Russia, in 1908. Local eyewitnesses reported that it displayed all the characteristics of an asteroid. Even though the first scientists to arrive at the scene did not find any evidence of a meteor, the explosion was preceded by a massive ball of fire that was seen streaking across the sky before it exploded in the forest, killing a number of reindeer and instantly leveling an estimated 80 million trees.

Despite the fact that the mystery has persisted since, a study that was published in the journal Planetary and Space Science offers unmistakable proof that the explosion was caused by a meteorite. With the use of contemporary research methods, scientists examined numerous samples from that era and discovered signs of substances that could only have been created by a meteorite explosion. It may have been the size of a 25-story structure and appears to have dissolved in the atmosphere as it was moving at an angle.