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Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmit.onlineEnglish · 2 years ago

TIL of the 1908 Tunguska explosion in Siberia, which experts believe was an asteroid that ripped apart 800 square miles of forest

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TIL of the 1908 Tunguska explosion in Siberia, which experts believe was an asteroid that ripped apart 800 square miles of forest

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The Tunguska Impact--100 Years Later | Science Mission Directorate
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One hundred years after the Tunguska event in Siberia, scientists review what they've learned about the mysterious blast from the heavens.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/mankls3 on 2023-09-18 08:16:54.

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    No debris from an asteroid was found at the site, which is weird compared to other impacts. An alternate theory is the area was hit by a small (in mass), fast-travelling black hole. It would have struck, zipped through the earth, and then passed out through an ocean on the other side.

    https://radiolab.org/podcast/little-black-holes-everywhere

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