• Question: Hello, How was the earth made? seeing as your a scientist your just the person to awnser my question.

    Asked by taderz to rhysphillips, Ian on 14 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by sophie123.
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      Rhys Phillips answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      Hah, we’re all scientists on here you know! There are various theories about how the Earth was made but most scientists agree that it was a long process that is still ongoing today. We think that particles of dust came together in the form of a large spinning disk that got hotter and hotter as it span. Eventually, this disc turned into the sun with several large fiery objects orbiting around it. As these cooled down, they formed planets. The Earth is still being made – volcanoes are still erupting which result in new landforms being created.

      Either that, or it was just magic!

    • Photo: Ian van der Linde

      Ian van der Linde answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      A popular theory is that there was a “big bang” when the Universe started, during which a huge amount of hot, energetic material was thrown from a single point in space. Over a long long time, the material cooled down and began to clump together to form stars and planets because of gravity (mass bring attracted to mass). When astrophysicists look into space they see that it is still expanding even today, which is how they came up with this theory.

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