Cara Santa Maria
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
NASA also then chimed in.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
They said that it was natural.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
It's not a satellite.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
It's not space debris.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
It's not alien technology, although they didn't say that last bit.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
The NASA spokesperson, Allard Butel, said that the meteor was traveling about 75,000 miles per hour, 120,700 kilometers per hour.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
He said that it likely fragmented about 40 miles or 60 kilometers above the ground.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
And what do you guys think of the estimates of the energy release?
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
How much TNT do you think was equivalent?
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
A couple of hundred tons.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
12 megatons.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
No.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
12 megatons.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
500 gigawatts.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
No, 20 exatons.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
No, it's only 300 tons.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
300 tons of TNT.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
300.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
That's still a lot of TNT.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1091 - Jun 6 2026
But then there was a later analysis, and so we got a different detail.