I just opened the mod portal and I see this, a mod with the exact same name and idea that one of my own. I am still confused about the odds of this happening

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/pride-asteroid-collectors

I hadn't actually looked to see if anyone had made a similar mod before publishing my own, I just threw together a mod that did what I wanted to see in game.
Sorry if I stepped on any toes, I just wanted to make something cool :3
you're welcome to repurpose anything in my mod to improve your own if you want (they're both MIT licensed after all) but I'm still going to be adding any improvements I make to my own mod going forward (idk, I might modify the sprites more or something)

...also, is your avatar an MSPaint protogen? would be kinda wild if we were both proots lmao

Yup, both proots! Got it drawn by Dosh actually lmao.
Dont worry about the mods being samey, I just found this really funny honestly. Hell if anything I'd let them get merged if you wanted to