You knew this was coming after those planet renders don't you?
Tried rendering this with Eevee like the previous planet renders but the results were nowhere near what I was looking for. I am not saying it is not doable just different and unusual for me. Therefore I used Octane this time. I still enjoy using Octane a lot, gives you very good results right from the beginning.
Houdini (RBD, Pyro, Particles) + Fusion/Davinci (color correction, camera shake, lens flares/glows, background stars) Rendered/shaded with Octane inside Blender.
Sound effects added by crazy talented Lee Boon Kai.
Planet Cracker