What was the Tunguska event?

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What was the Tunguska event?

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In 1908, the most powerful meteoroid explosion in recorded history happened over a remote area of Siberia. But the weird thing is there was no impact crater and no asteroid to be found – so was it an asteroid? (Yes.) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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