day_152_refactored_q3.js

function asteroidCollision(asteroids) {
    while (asteroids.length > 1) {
        for (let i = 1; i < asteroids.length; i++) {
            let [asteroidX, asteroidY] = [asteroids[i - 1], asteroids[i]];
            while (asteroidX > 0 && asteroidY < 0&&i>=1) {
                if (Math.abs(asteroidX) === Math.abs(asteroidY)) {
                    asteroids.splice(i - 1, 2)
                } else if (Math.abs(asteroidX) < Math.abs(asteroidY)) {
                    asteroids.splice(i - 1, 1)
                } else {
                    asteroids.splice(i, 1)
                }
                i = i - 1;
                [asteroidX, asteroidY] = [asteroids[i - 1], asteroids[i]];
            }
            if (i === asteroids.length - 1) {
                    return asteroids
            }
        }
    }
    return asteroids
}

No this is not it.
You now have 3 nested loops while the original code had only 2.

Try again.