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Depends on the relative size of the bodies.
Relatively small bits smash into the Earth all the time. If the are tiny meteors, they just burn up in the upper atmosphere leaving nothing but dust. If they are larger, bits of them land on the surface and are called meteorites. They can do some damage, but are rare. Larger meteors are very rare (relatively) and can do enough damage to wipe out most life on earth. We have had a few mass extinctions over the last few billions of years.
Really large bodies smashing into each other only happens when solar systems are forming. Either one absorbs the other, or the smaller one glances off leaving some stuff behind and taking some other stuff with it to form a new body that orbits the bigger one. Current theory thinks that's what happened with our Moon.
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