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Asteroid Impact
Coverage of Asteroid Impact in the Nexus archive.
- Where did Mercury get its water ice? Maybe from a slow asteroid impact in a single Mercurian day
New simulations suggest Mercury's water ice may have been delivered by a massive asteroid impact, similar to the one forming the Hokusai crater, which transported water across the planet in a single Mercurian day (176 Earth days) and trapped it in polar craters.
- Dante's Inferno wasn't just poetry! His nine circles of hell predicted the effects of a devastating asteroid impact, bizarre study claims
A study claims that Dante's Inferno predicted the effects of a devastating asteroid impact through its nine circles of hell. The research draws parallels between the poetic work and the potential consequences of such an event. The study's findings are based on interpretations of the literary masterpiece.