Finding out Nature’s secrets
Scientists are slowly finding out the secrets of nature one by one. Very recently, a large space rock may have exploded over Antarctica thousands of years ago, showering a large area with debris, according to new research. The evidence comes from accumulations of tiny meteoritic particles and a layer of extraterrestrial dust found in Antarctic ice cores. Details of the work were presented at a major science conference in Texas.
The event would have been similar to the Tunguska event, which flattened a large area of Siberian forest in 1908. It is thought to have been a so-called “airburst” in which a space rock does not reach the ground, but rather explodes in the atmosphere.
One needs to wait and see as to what the learnings from this are.
