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What If Earth Collided With Every Planet?

What If Earth Collided With Every Planet?

Every planet in the solar system is hurtling toward Earth for an epic collision. In this special planetary battle royale, we use Space Sim to simulate six increasingly destructive cosmic crashes to see the physics behind the destruction. From being swallowed by gas giants to the formation of a brand-new magma world, we explore if anything, or anyone, could possibly survive.


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Timeline

00:00:Introduction: Six Destructive Collisions

00:58:Earth vs. Jupiter: Swallowed Whole

09:13:Earth vs. Mars: The Head-On Collision

15:43:Earth vs. Mars: The Orbital Dance & Second Moon

21:24:High-Speed Impact: 40 km/s 'Worst-Case Scenario'

25:45:Earth vs. Uranus: Impacting the Tilted Ice Giant

35:40:The Moon vs. Earth: Destruction of Human Life

43:05:Earth vs. Saturn: Journey Through the 280,000 km Rings

50:55:Solar System Battle Royale: Every Planet at Once

59:54:Suggest the Next Cosmic Crash!