Enormous craters in Siberia's permafrost may finally have ... from the crystals and revert to its gas state, triggering a huge explosion. These processes likely occur over several decades, which ...

These craters in Siberia are quite large, with some of them measuring as deep as 165 feet (50 metres). The cause of the explosion was not clear yet. After scientists detected high levels of ...

One of the craters is located in Siberia's Yamal Peninsula in the Taz ... to be made up of ice and that there were no traces of an explosion. The discovery eliminates the possibility that a ...

An curved arrow pointing right. In the summer of 2014 a giant crater was spotted in an area sometimes referred to as the "end of the world." Now, 2 years later, scientists finally think they know ...

On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion occurred in Tunguska, Siberia, flattening 80 million trees. Scientists now believe it ...

as he stood on the crater's rim. "It developed in the 1970s, first as a ravine. Then by thawing in the heat of sunny days, it started to expand." All of this means that Siberia "boasts perhaps the ...

He said 80 per cent of the crater appeared to be made up of ice and that there were no traces of an explosion. The discovery eliminates the possibility that a meteorite had struck the region.

The ground in Siberia has been behaving strangely for a while now. Remember those insanely giant craters that opened up out of nowhere? And how recently one of them exploded so violently you could ...

A large crater in Siberia is getting bigger due to the way permafrost interacts with the environment. It is helping scientists understand more about past climates and how the permafrost is ...

However, back in 1908 at around 7:13 a.m. (local Siberia time ... zero evidence of an impact crater or any fragments indicating what actually caused the massive explosion, despite very little ...

39 years later in 1947, 70 tons of iron meteorites pummeled the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, leaving more than 30 craters.