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What's a good way to destroy the (a?) planet?

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I always thought a collision with some massive object in space would be crazy. Not an asteroid, but more like a planet the size of mars. Imagine being on the surface facing the object as it slowly fills the sky over the course of a few days/weeks. At a time that is relatively near the impact but before gravitational effects start really screwing up the surface and atmosphere it would be a truly awe-inspiring and frightening sight.
 
Maybe something like in Ender's Game. Something that would create a chain reaction within molecules.

Isn't there a state of water that has different properties but if it came into contact with regular water it would change it too? Luckily that state isn't very probable. Though it reminds me of the eps in GI Joe where Cobra was working on a chemical that would turn water into an explosive.
 
Originally posted by: JTsyo
Maybe something like in Ender's Game. Something that would create a chain reaction within molecules.

Isn't there a state of water that has different properties but if it came into contact with regular water it would change it too? Luckily that state isn't very probable. Though it reminds me of the eps in GI Joe where Cobra was working on a chemical that would turn water into an explosive.
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Haha. Same universe as my reply. Dr. Device was weapon that created the molecular chain reaction.
 
Load up a space shuttle with a bunch of dirt and launch it into space. Repeat until the whole earth has been loaded and launched into space.
 
There was just a show on either Discovery or Nat Geo where the world's top scientists talked about that very subject. Turns out the Earth at least is very sturdy. The ways they came up with that would actually work are:

1. Create or coax a black hole with the same mass as the Earth (which would be the size of a marble) into orbit around the planet. it would stretch the planet apart and then absorb it.

2. Dump a trillion tons of antimatter into the Earth's core.

3. Coax a series of large asteroids into a conveyor belt orbit between Jupiter and the Earth. With each pass, some of Earth's momentum would be stolen, and after 1000's of years, the Earth would fall into the sun.

4. Asteroid collision. You would need something with around 1/2 Earth's mass to destroy it completely. A 60KM object or less would make Earth uninhabitable.

5. Self replicating nanobots. Nanobots that can reproduce themselves out of individual atoms, and then each generation helps make the next generation is probably the most feasible situation. The Earth would be consumed and turned into a blob of robots.
 
How about a pair of planets, lets call them Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta, enter the solar system, pass close by causing some major damage and on the return swing Bronson Alpha takes out the earth?
 
1. Unleash Chuck Norris' full potential

2. Tribbles...lots and lots of tribbles...

3. Transport the planet to somewhere without a sun (although this has already been covered in SF novels)
 
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