The Daily: 30 June 2024

Trees flattened by the explosion Today is International Asteroid Day. This day was created by the United Nations in 2016 to commemorate the Tunguska Event in East Siberia near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River on 30 June 1908. An asteroid of about 50 meters in diameter smashed into Earth's atmosphere on this day, killing several people… Continue reading The Daily: 30 June 2024