Mystery AtlasTunguska Black Hole Hypothesis
A 1973 proposal by physicists Albert Jackson and Michael Ryan that a small primordial black hole passed through the Earth and caused the explosion; rejected by the scientific community because the theory predicts a matching exit explosion, expected in the North Atlantic within minutes, that was never recorded by any seismograph.
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Theories & Explanations
Tunguska Black Hole Hypothesis is an alternative explanation for Tunguska Cosmic Airburst Explanation — Offered as a rival to the consensus airburst account; not taken seriously by specialists since the 1970s.
Events
- Tunguska Event30 June 1908
Tunguska Black Hole Hypothesis attempts to explain Tunguska Event — A 1973 proposal that a small primordial black hole caused the blast; rejected because no exit event or matching signature was ever found.