Mystery solved: meteorite caused Tunguska devastation

[Ron Obvious]

On the morning of June 30, 1908, a gigantic fireball devastated hundreds of square kilometers of uninhabited Siberian forest around the Tunguska River. The first scientists to investigate the impact site expected to find a meteorite, but they found nothing. Because no traces of a meteorite were found, many scientists concluded that the culprit was a comet. Comets, which are essentially muddy ice balls, could cause such a devastation and leave no trace.

But now, 105 years later, scientists have revealed that the Tunguska devastation was indeed caused by a meteorite. A group of Ukrainian, German, and American scientists have identified its microscopic remains. Why it took them so many years makes for a fascinating tale about the limits of science and how we are pushing them.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/06/mystery-solved-meteorite-caused-tunguska-devastation/

So it wasn't a spaceship, a comet or a ball of anti-matter after all. How... ordinary.

[johnp3907]

1. But they dont answer the REAL question:

How many Yetis died in the blast?

[deutsey]

4. The Yetis should not have been experimenting with

that early prototype of the atomic bomb they were developing, the fools.

[Javaman]

7. "Now, I am become Yeti, the destroyer of forsests." nt

[longship]

2. Nonsense! Everybody knows it was an interdimensional cross-rip.

One of the biggest, too.


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/10/31/the-biggest-interdimensional-cross-rip-since-the-tunguska-blast-of-1909/

[ProdigalJunkMail]

3. heheh...

Dr Ray Stantz: Are you okay?
Louis: Who are you guys?
Dr Ray Stantz: We're the Ghostbusters.
Louis: Who does your taxes?
Dr Ray Stantz: You know, Mr. Tully, you are a most fortunate individual.
Louis: I know!
Dr Ray Stantz: You have been a participant in the biggest interdimensional cross rip since the Tunguska blast of 1909!
Louis: Felt great.
Dr. Egon Spengler: We'd like to get a sample of your brain tissue.
Louis: Okay.

#t=7s

[sakabatou]

5. I thought they knew that years ago.

[BlueJazz]

6. Yep..Same here