Photo: 100 Years After Tunguska, Earth Not Ready for Meteors

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An explosion rips through the Siberian wilderness in an artist's conception.

A hundred years after a mysterious blast leveled some 770 square miles (2,000 square kilometers) of forest in Siberia, experts are saying that Earth is unprepared to face a similar blast caused by a meteor strike.

Illustration by Chris Foss

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