The 1908 Tunguska Event: Asteroid, Comet, or Something Else?

The 1908 Tunguska Event: Asteroid, Comet, or Something Else?

The morning of June 30, 1908, dawned clear and warm over the vast, sparsely populated taiga of central Siberia. For the indigenous Evenki reindeer herders and the few Russian settlers scattered across the immense territory near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, it was a day that began like any other. The sun had risen, the sky was a cloudless blue, and the quiet of the forest was broken only by the sounds of nature. But at approximately 7:14 AM l…