Live since Nov 2026

Asteroid impact simulator

Pick a rock, its size, speed and angle, and where it lands. Then watch the strike play in 3D as a film: entry, fireball, plume, blast, waves, and the sky for years after.

Launch the simulator
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Approach to strike, as the film plays it
Presets
8, Chelyabinsk to Chicxulub
Or your own
Any rock or comet, 1 m to 20 km
Numbers
Energy, crater, fireball, blast, quake, climate
Physics
Collins, Melosh & Marcus (2005) and later work
Runs in
Your browser, nothing to install
Best on
A laptop or desktop