Scientists say Dante’s Inferno described an asteroid impact 500 years before modern science

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New research claims Dante’s 14‑century Inferno depicts a catastrophic asteroid impact, with Satan crashing into Earth, blasting the Southern Hemisphere, carving Hell’s circles, and raising Mount Purgatory opposite the impact, predating modern meteor science by centuries.

05/11 09:10 AM sciencedaily.com

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Scientists say Dante’s Inferno described an asteroid impact 500 years before modern science

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05/11 01:00 PM space.com

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