system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
If the Earth was shattered into pieces by a massive explosion at its core, would gravity pull the shards back together and more-or-less reform the planet?
gpt
Yes, except for any chunks that received sufficient energy to achieve escape velocity. Those are not coming back.

Edit: and, any chucks that reach orbital velocity may or may not come back, depending on collisions and whatnot.