Well, no. The death ray was actually aimed for the Earth, but Tails and Knuckles managed to steer it away from it. [Hm, and okay, he doesn't like saying this, but it is kinda fair to give credit where its due.] And Eggman kinda helped too, a little. [He scratches the back of his head a little.] Okay, this is getting a little confusing, but there were actually two Eggmans, one was evil-er, I suppose. He actually wanted to destroy the Earth, and tricked a couple of others into going along with his plan. Anyway, he was taken care of. As for the other Eggman, was inside the cannon when it exploded in space, so...