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Relevant: https://relevantmagazine.com/current/science/experts-find-compelling-evidence-that-sodom-was-destroyed-by-an-atomic-bomb/
SciTechDaily: https://scitechdaily.com/sodom-and-gomorrah-evidence-that-a-cosmic-impact-destroyed-a-biblical-city-in-the-jordan-valley/
Bible Archeology-Sin Cities: https://biblearchaeology.org/research/chronological-categories/patriarchal-era/2364-the-discovery-of-the-sin-cities-of-sodom-and-gomorrah
Bible Archeology-Evidence?: https://biblearchaeology.org/research/chronological-categories/patriarchal-era/3875-Sodom-and-Gomorrah-Is-There-Evidence-for-Their-Destruction
Smithsonian: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/destruction-of-city-by-space-rock-may-have-inspired-biblical-story-of-sodom-180978734/
Ancient Origins: https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-science/sodom-gomorrah-scientific-evidence-00358
•Forbes 2018: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2018/12/04/new-science-suggests-biblical-city-of-sodom-was-smote-by-an-exploding-meteor/
•Retraction: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-99265-5
•Retraction Note: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-99265-5
•Meteor Airburst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_air_burst
•Airburst Events: https://listverse.com/2023/04/19/10-devastating-airburst-events-from-history/
•Chelyabinsk: https://www.allthingspace.com/general/the-chelyabinsk-meteor-a-celestial-warning-to-humanity/
•Dead Sea: https://www.britannica.com/place/Dead-Sea
•AAPG: https://www.aapg.org/resources/bulletin
•PLOS One: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0075883
•White Smokers: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/27/dead-sea-white-smokers-provide-early-sinkhole-warning-say-scientists
•Mysterious Chimneys: https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/it-looks-like-smoke-mysterious-chimneys-spewing-shimmering-liquid-discovered-at-the-bottom-of-the-dead-sea