A Second Moon

Earth has acquired a second moon—a strange, looming presence in the night sky. Slightly smaller than Io, it is pockmarked with countless craters, giving it a battered, ancient appearance. Pools of liquid water glint in the dim sunlight, hinting at the possibility of hidden ecosystems beneath its scarred surface. Its gravitational pull has begun wreaking havoc on Earth’s tides, stirring monstrous waves and altering ocean currents in unpredictable ways. Scientists are racing to study this mysterious satellite, searching desperately for signs of life amid its alien landscapes. Yet an unsettling fact shadows all their research: this new moon hovers unnervingly close to Earth, its orbit unstable, whispering the terrifying possibility of a collision within the next few years.