That asteroid the headlines have been warning people about isn't likely to actually hit us, and scientists might have solved a mystery that could save lives: the relationship between tides and earthquakes.

On June 30, 1908, a giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska in Siberia. The impact leveled hundreds of miles of forest, and the exact cause is a bit of a mystery. At the time of the explosion, it was too difficult to reach...

¿Qué pasará cuando el asteroide 2006–QV89 se acerque a la Tierra? ¿Se acabará el mundo? ¿Ya han impactado la Tierra otros asteroides o meteoritos? Y sobre todo ¿podemos salvarnos si un asteroide se dirige hacia nosotros?

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The Tunguska Impactor in the final moments of its descent through Earths atmosphere