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But because they happen millions of light years away, we do
not notice them.
For instance, the Hubble telescope took pictures of two
galaxies colliding some 63 million light years away. As a result
of this event, new stars were born and massive hydrogen
clouds were formed and released into space. If such a collision
were to take place near Earth, it could become one of the factors
that would destroy our planet.
Furthermore, scientists state that such an end probably
awaits our solar system. One such disclosure is the following:
Astrophysicists speak of serious problems the Earth will have in
the near future. The first of these is a supernova explosion (a
supernova: a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous
in the process). Even if the time and location of this explosion is
unknown, predictions put forward are looking at the near future
and they are not very encouraging. According to scientists, the
reddish supergiant Betelgeuse star at a distance of 430 light years,
appears ready to explode. They reckon that hypernovas are created
by the fusion of black holes or by the merger of black holes with
neutron stars. But none of them knows how these time bombs are
distributed in space or what would happen to us if they were to
come near our world. 32

Allah reveals in the Qur’an that on that Day, Earth will be
rocked by devastating tremors; that people will experience
pure terror; that the Sun, the Moon, and stars will be
extinguished; and that everything will be destroyed rapidly. A
collision could cause all of these events, and would affect not
only Earth but our entire solar system as well.
Scientific research reveals that the promised Day of