A wall of pressure travels across the globe at hypersonic speeds, flattening everything in its path.
A 500 km asteroid slams into the Pacific, instantly peeling back a 10 km layer of the Earth's crust. A wall of pressure travels across the globe
Despite the total destruction shown on the surface, "Miracle Planet" explores how these "planet-cleansing" events actually paved the way for modern life: Often set to Pink Floyd’s "The Great Gig
The 2005 Discovery Channel documentary featured a viral simulation of a 500 km-wide asteroid—roughly the size of the dwarf planet Ceres—colliding with the Pacific Ocean. Often set to Pink Floyd’s "The Great Gig in the Sky," this sequence depicts the complete sterilization of Earth, a catastrophe scientists believe has occurred at least six times in our planet's early history. The Anatomy of a Global Apocalypse Animated simulation of asteroid hitting Earth
While the simulation is a chilling reminder of Earth's "violent past," it also highlights the incredible resilience of life. Today, missions like NASA’s DART provide a more hopeful outlook, proving we might finally have the technology to prevent such a simulation from becoming a reality. Animated simulation of asteroid hitting Earth