Discovery Channel - Miracle Planet - Large Asteroid Impact Simulation Now

The simulation breaks down the impact into a terrifying timeline:

Each "miracle" impact forced life to acquire new abilities to survive, eventually leading to the complex diversity we see today, including humans. The simulation breaks down the impact into a

A 500 km asteroid slams into the Pacific, instantly peeling back a 10 km layer of the Earth's crust. The 2005 Discovery Channel documentary featured a viral

The intense heat causes the oceans to evaporate at a rate of 5 centimeters per second . The simulation breaks down the impact into a

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