Dante’s vision of Hell may echo the physics of a massive asteroid strike, offering a new way to read the Inferno.

Millions of years ago, a colossal asteroid slammed into Earth near modern-day Mexico, triggering one of the deadliest events ...

The Indian Embassy in Moscow said it was working with local authorities and the company employing the workers to provide all ...

An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. It's the size of the Eiffel Tower, shaped like a peanut and potentially ...

Fossilized spores confirm that legions of fungi made a meal of Earth’s dying dinosaurs.

A provocative new study suggests Dante’s Inferno may have secretly doubled as a giant cosmic impact scenario centuries before ...

Dino Parc Râșnov, the largest dinosaur park in Southeast Europe, has received official approval from Romania’s Culture ...

Scientists have confirmed the existence of the Nadir Crater, a buried impact crater under the Atlantic Ocean. This discovery, ...

Inferno, the iconic 14th-century poem by Dante Alighieri widely regarded as a literary masterpiece, may have been inspired by ...

Long before telescopes revealed an unruly Solar System, Dante Alighieri imagined something terrible falling from the heavens. In his 14th-century Inferno, the falling object was Lucifer, the Lord of ...

A week after the asteroid impact, rotting vegetation, smoke and sulphur create a stinky planet. Plant and animal survivors ...

Dante’s Inferno may have been far more than a religious epic. New research argues that the 14th-century poet essentially ...