Tunguksa Mystery Solved by Space Shuttle?
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 18:14
in Astronomy & Space
Rare "night shining" clouds linked to the 1908 Russian event and plumes from shuttle launches suggest that the blast was caused by an icy comet, a new study says.
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