The early solar system was not a peaceful place—it was a battlefield. From cataclysmic collisions that formed the Moon to the mysterious tilt of Uranus, today’s episode explores the violent history of planetary impacts and how they shaped the worlds we see today.

🔎 What caused Earth’s Moon to form? 🔎 Why is Mercury so small yet so dense? 🔎 How did Uranus end up rolling sideways around the Sun?

Let’s rewind time and dive into the chaotic past of our cosmic neighborhood!

🎙️ In This Episode, We Cover: ✅ The Early Solar System: A War Zone – How planets formed from violent collisions. ✅ The Theia Impact – How a planetary smash-up created the Moon and shaped Earth’s future. ✅ The Mystery of Mercury – Why this tiny planet may have once been much bigger. ✅ Uranus’s Sideways Spin – Did an ancient giant impact knock the planet over? ✅ Pluto’s Beating Heart – A cosmic collision that may have created an underground ocean.

💡 Key Takeaways & Fun Facts: 🌕 The Moon was born from a planetary impact! A Mars-sized body, Theia, crashed into Earth 4.5 billion years ago. 🔥 Mercury may have lost its outer layers in a massive collision, leaving behind an oversized metal core. 🌀 Uranus rolls around the Sun sideways because of a giant impact that tipped it over. ❤️ Pluto’s heart-shaped glacier, Sputnik Planitia, was likely formed by a massive impact. 🌍 Without cosmic collisions, Earth might not exist as we know it!

📌 Links & Resources:

• 🌍 NASA’s Solar System History – https://solarsystem.nasa.gov
• 🛰️ Theia Impact & Moon Formation – https://www.nasa.gov/moon
• 🔭 Pluto & New Horizons Mission – https://www.nasa.gov/newhorizons
• 🌀 Why Uranus Spins Sideways – https://www.scientificamerican.com

💬 What Do You Think? If Theia had missed Earth, would we still have life as we know it? And what other cosmic mysteries do you want us to explore?

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