On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion ripped through the sky over the
Tunguska region of Siberia, flattening trees nearly 31 miles around. The
blast is thought to have been produced by a comet or asteroid hurtling
through Earth's atmosphere, resulting in an explosion equal to 185
Hiroshima bombs as pressure and heat rapidly increased.
But, with no impact crater and little evidence of such an object ever
found, scientists remain perplexed as to what truly caused the event in
which 'the sky was split in two' - and a new study has
failed to reach a conclusion.
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