How Theia, the Planet that Created the Moon, Could Also Be Hiding in Earth’s Core

In this episode, we explore a new theory that suggests that the moon was born from a collision between Earth and another planet called Theia, and that this collision also left behind some traces of Theia in Earth’s core. These traces are called large low-velocity provinces (LLVPs), and they are two massive structures deep within the Earth’s mantle. We explain how this theory was tested by computer simulations, and what it means for our understanding of the Earth’s evolution and the moon’s origin.

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[everybodyants]

"Challenging the conventional theory" this IS the conventional theory. How can it challenge ITSELF?

[DuelingBongos]

I thought the Thea collision hypothesis had already become the conventional view of the Moon's origin? I heard about it more than 15 years ago.

[om]

So earth and theia make out and moon was created .🤔

[luckyduck]

I really feel like scientists have much better weed than the rest of us

[allrounder_alfaaz]

"Earth and Thea's Son= Moon💀☠️"

[michaelsaldanha]

The moon is an alien DeathStar hidden in plan sight

[joshuawillard]

My question is...

What would it be like if Theia was captured instead. Would we be a binary system like Pluto and Charon? What would life be like on the respective planets? Would life be able to exist at all?

[robinconnelly]

Roobish! The earth is a big metal ball with aliens living inside...

[JamesHolbrook-ehsp]

Wow, and they've got actual video of it happening video of it happening! Incredible!

[maihasubando]

Shout out to the cameraman who go back to the past and capture the collision moments so we all can watch it safely

[taleandclawrock]

I remember reading a paper years ago was that the problem with the " moon is a chunk of Earth ' theory, was that the composition of Moon rocks does not match Earths....??

[pumpkinpatch]

Damn, how many collisions did uranus had. Poor thing.

[corrinflakes]

I like the idea of Theia and the original Earth hybridized into the Earth we know. Like the land we step on or the air we breathe or the blood inside us can have a little bit of Theian material.

[jcreature]

Yeah I was alive and witnessed it, happened on my 5th birthday, I remember like it was yesterday….

[ErnestJay]

Basically, Earth "FUSE" with Theia and Theia become part of Earth.

[jamest.]

This video says it like it's a fact. It is not a fact it is a theory.

[JumboDubby]

+1 for LLVPs, -10 for long-disproven Moon origin theory

[SlikMc]

I read about this and scientists say they found where one of the pieces of the planet that collided with Earth is and it’s where the Bermuda Triangle is and they believe that is why there is strong magnetic disturbances in that location because the planet that collided with us is made of different materials which affects the magnetic field.

[danmurray]

It just seems to me that there are many more ways this theory could be wrong than right. It just "feels" very, very speculative.

[Valkyrie_]

Did you know that the Theia theory that scientists came up with is actually based on the ancient Sumerian and Babylonian creation myth of Tiamat, the giant water world, being struck by Marduk (not Theia) and some of its moons to create our moon, Earth, and asteroid belt? And that is why we seem to have so much more water than necessary on earth.

It was originally written on cuniform tablet by the Sumerian's, and the Babylon creation stories associated the gods with the actual planets in our system. That was from 8, 500 years ago, passed down through Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian creation stories.

Interesting how it is supposed to be "just myth", and wrongly interpreted by Zacharia Sitchin, yet scientists believe it to really be the way the moon and asteroid belt were formed. If the Theia theory happened 4.5 billion years ago, then how did the Sumerians know? There weren't any people around right? How did they know unless there was someone there to have witnessed it? Either there is truth to it, or scientists just took the old myth and are trying to say (lie really) it happened cause they really dont know.