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Impact: Earth! Lets You Smash Your Home Planet to Bits

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By Jennifer Welsh
Nov 4, 2010 11:47 PMApr 19, 2023 1:26 PM

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Ever felt the inclination to go all Armageddon on the whole planet? Well now you can let those feelings loose through a new asteroid impact simulator from Purdue University and Imperial College London. Sure, the Impact: Earth! simulator is fun to play with, but researcher John Spray told Time that it's an important research tool as well:

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