It came from outer space! In the early morning of June 30, 1908, people in the remote Tunguska region of Siberia beheld an ...

On June 30, 1908, at 7:14 am in central Siberia, local farmer Semen Semenov witnessed an extraordinary event: he described ...

The asteroid is roughly the same size as one that exploded over Tunguska in Siberia in 1908. “If it hit a metropolitan area, it would cause a region of localized devastation,” Daly said.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has been keeping a close eye on Asteroid 2024 YR4, a city-killer asteroid that ...

In 1908, the Tunguska asteroid, which was a similar size, flattened trees over an area of about 1,250 miles after it exploded in the skies over Siberia. Asteroid Psyche (Illustration). The ...

The Tunguska event of 1908 involved an asteroid similar in size to 2024 YR4 exploding above a sparsely populated part of Siberia. It generated a blast wave of roughly 12 megatons, not unlike that ...

In 1908, a comparable object exploded over Tunguska, Siberia, leveling 1,000 square miles of forest. If an asteroid the size of 2024 YR4 entered Earth’s atmosphere over a populated area ...

However, there's another possibility: the asteroid may explode mid-air, causing an airburst similar to the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia. This explosion would not require the asteroid to reach ...

If the asteroid is on the smaller end, ESA said any potential impacts would be local similar to the Tunguska event that flattened thousands of square miles of forest in remote Siberia in 1908.