This collision generated both quakes.
This collision generates an abundance of ironies.
The collision generates a shock wave that heats up the shell of gas, but then rapidly fades.
During that time, the collision generated more energy than was being generated by all the rest of the stars in the observable universe combined.
The shock waves resulting from this enormous collision generate temperatures up to 100 million degrees, and produce copious amounts of X-rays.
It is thought that debris from the explosion slams into the gas and dust surrounding whatever it was that blew up, and that this collision generates gamma rays.
"The collision generated waves, just like a stone hitting water," except that the effect is mediated by gravitational attraction rather than by a direct impact, says Loeb.
Sadly that looks likely only to increase the frequency of collisions, generating yet more junk and making it so expensive that a valuable orbit becomes unusable.
Having passed the surface plane, the incident ion will undergo further collisions generating secondary recoils or cascades.
The collisions generate a storm of particles flying in many directions.
