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more about #whenworldscollide Front_Towards_Enemy: Nothing to worry about. Move along please. By the time Mercury's orbit is destabilized, the sun should be expanding into its red-giant phase which wil... more » Belabras: May I be the first to say it: We must destroy Mercury before it destroys us! more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Oops! Someone has just made a SyFylis original picture about it! Just this second! more » -
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Mercury To Blame For Solar System's Collapse, Mars-Earth Collision
When our solar system's orbits all break down and planets are crashing into each other, we'll know exactly who's to blame: a tiny ball of rock called Mercury. Chaotic factors in Mercury's orbit could destabilize the whole solar system. More » -
#planetarycollision
When Worlds Collide, Literally
Do you remember that one episode of Mythbusters, when they wanted to find out what would happen if two Earth-sized planets smashed into each other, so they called in some favors and got a solar system with two Earth-sized planets, smashed them together, then showed the awesome high-speed camera footage of it over and over? Me neither. But we can pretend it really happened, because scientists found a solar system littered with the remains of two shattered planets. Could it happen here? More »
