If Earth Collided With Mars, Which Planet Survives

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Millions of people around the world go out on the streets and rooftops to look at the amazing

cosmic phenomenon. Another planet right next to the moon, a big red one. At first everyone's

excited. Mars showing up out of nowhere is having a strange effect on humanity. Just as the moon can

affect the psychological and physical state of some people, Mars's unexpected visit is causing

people to behave pretty strangely. Every night the sky is lit up by the white light of the moon

and the red glow of Mars. Many people get a sort of instant insomnia. Some even stop drinking coffee

because they no longer feel sleepy. Mars brings out energy and a little wildness in people,

making them laugh more and even drives a few poor people crazy. They begin to go out of their

houses more often and enjoy the unusual night sky. A few days later, everybody can see what's

happening. Mars is getting bigger. Scientists announced that the red planet is slowly moving towards

Earth. A collision is inevitable. Earthlings only have a few years left. A few months ago, a huge

asteroid crashed into the red planet with such force that Mars simply flew out of its own orbit

and went rogue. The chance that Mars would fly close to Earth was always going to be pretty high.

After about three seconds of being announced, the news went viral and panic set in.

The situation's getting worse and worse. The closer Mars gets, the more it affects people on a

physical level. Hundreds of videos pop up showing collision simulations of Mars and Earth.

And there's no happy ending. Want to see what happens? One famous blogger asked her followers.

The Earth's almost completely covered with water and Mars is all dust, sand, and rocks.

Then she puts a huge watermelon in the middle of a room. From the far end,

she launches a bowling ball at it. Strike! Mars looks almost the same size as the moon now.

It's about to come into the moon's orbit and it's affecting the Earth's magnetic field.

Floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, powerful thunderstorms. They go from bad to worst. Animals go crazy.

Birds no longer migrate south. The polar northern lights appear in the Caribbean.

The economy isn't handling the news that well. People stop showing up to work. Why wouldn't they?

They just want to have fun and be with loved ones. There are enough resources on the planet

to last until the catastrophe, so no one's even trying to fix the Earth's problems.

Clothing, food, cars, yachts, whatever. Everything loses its value and becomes free.

Every day, huge street parties pop up all over the world. People decide to live their last months

in peace and harmony. The global catastrophes uniting humanity like never before.

To go out with a bang, Earthlings team up to organize a huge rock concert.

The red giant destroying our beautiful blue planet. Yeah, rock and roll is the perfect soundtrack.

There's just enough time to eat, dance, party, and listen to good music.

Huge stages are built all over the planet. It's every musician's last concert.

During all that preparation, hope suddenly appears. Scientists have calculated all the events

that will occur when Mars crashes into Earth, and they have a simple plan.

Luckily, humans had already planned on moving to Mars, so they already have been building

spaceships for years. There's no time to get to another planet before the collision,

but the good news is that people can wait out the disaster just outside Earth's orbit.

You get to sit in a space station, munch some popcorn, relax, and...

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Be possible to return to Earth, or what's left of it.

After learning about this plan, people start working on finishing the ship's night and day.

Everyone in the world pitches in. There are still two years left before the big day.

The huge content stages are converted into more space stations.

Mars is now giving people more energy, and with epic teamwork,

people manage to create thousands of stations in just a few months.

That's what happens when seven billion people work together.

Farmers, physical therapists, chefs, engineers, athletes, accountants, all on the same team.

Mars is now closer to us than the moon. The red giant blocks out the sun,

and our planet is plunged into darkness. There are only a few days left. People are working

like ants in a massive colony, putting the finishing touches on several hundred thousand space

stations. It takes four whole days for everyone to get on board. Plus, there's the loading of supplies,

animals, fish, seeds, plants, vegetables, fruits, video games, fruit roll-ups.

The red giant is scheduled to enter Earth's orbit in a couple of days.

That's when it will really pick up speed. Mars is only a little more than half the size of her,

but up in the sky, it looks infinitely huge. The ships start taking off.

People take a last look around, memorizing every inch. In a few hours, it'll all change forever.

The stations fly up far enough away to clear any orbits. Two worlds colliding together

should still have a soundtrack though. Rock stars on every ship organize an outer space music

festival. To the awesome sound of Rye, Mars enters Earth's atmosphere and burns a thin layer

of its own surface. This releases an incredible amount of energy. It gets faster and faster,

and smashes into the Pacific Ocean. A huge blast wave sweeps across the entire planet.

Everything is lit up by flames, and everyone on the ships has to put on sunglasses to avoid being

blinded. Our blue planet is turning into a fiery one. The dust of Mars mixes with the water of Earth.

The force of the impact goes through the Earth's crust into the liquid hot magma. Hundreds of

pieces of Mars, some the size of entire countries, are somehow floating in the atmosphere.

The collision generates so much energy that all oceans boil and evaporate. Season rivers of

molten metal are now spreading all over Earth. Days, weeks, months pass. A belt made up of

bits of Mars forms around the Earth. It's like a fiery version of Saturn. It'll take a long time

before it's safe to land back down, but humanity can't stay alive on the ships all that time.

Food, water, and oxygen will run out after a few years. But scientists already have a plan.

The ships flip a switch and become huge cryo chambers. The ships are equipped with energy panels,

and the roasting hot Earths giving off a lot of energy. Totally enough to keep the ships working

while everyone on board takes a few thousand year nap. As soon as the planet cools down, humans

will wake up. Hundreds of thousands of years pass. One day, alarms go off simultaneously on all

the ships. People wake up slowly. Their bodies are exhausted, but after a few billion cups of coffee,

everyone's ready to go. Down on Earth, new continents should have formed,

and the atmosphere is most likely way different. The planet might have lost its original orbit,

so it might be spinning at a different angle. The seasons, as we know them,

gone. All the water on Earth evaporated in the first few hours, but there were huge glaciers on

Mars, which might have melted on impact. Mars may have shared its water with our planet.

The clouds of dust and dirt should have settled by now, and the ground should be pretty good for

growing stuff on. All that magma probably spewed up a bunch of useful minerals and chemicals.

It's going to be difficult, but humanity somehow must adapt to the new Earth. People are ready for

anything. All the Earthlings run to the nearest windows to see what their beloved planet looks like

after all these centuries. Where is it? People are craning their next, looking out at the empty spot

where the Earth used to be. The impact of Mars was so strong that it pushed the Earth out of its

orbit around the Sun. It's gone. Great. What are we going to do now? Some bearded guy grabs a guitar

and says, let's play!