00:00Have you ever wondered how the Moon was created?
00:04Around 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-sized planet called Theia slammed into the young Earth in one of
00:14the most violent collisions in our solar system.
00:18The impact blasted trillions of tons of molten rock into space.
00:24Those fiery fragments formed a massive ring around Earth.
00:30Over time, gravity pulled the debris together, slowly building what would become our Moon.
00:38The collision also changed Earth's rotation and may have helped create the stable conditions needed for life.
00:47Every night, when you look at the Moon, you're actually looking at the remains of an ancient cosmic catastrophe.
00:55The Moon isn't just Earth's companion, it's the scar of a planet-sized crash.
