The Formation of The Earth and The Moon

As we make our way through the solar system, our third stop brings us to Earth, which is almost certainly where you are sitting as you read these words, unless my content is still being watched hundreds of years after its release on some base on Callisto! How did the Earth form? And what about the moon? There is lots to discuss here so let's get into it!

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[CineflexStockholm]

This series and knowledge should be mandatory for all humans, especially creationists. Thanks Dave for breaking this up in digestible portions, You’re a great teacher! Keep up the brilliant work.

[gitaryddcymraeg]

This is an awesome series. I am binge watching them. Lol. Thanks for all the great and hard work Dave. I appreciate it.

[niq]

We’ve now really ”tide” everything together... Hehe

[psychee]

You are definitely my go-to guy for scientific explanation when dealing with creationists. Thanks for being awesome prof.

[patlab]

Subscribed for my kids, you explain a lot better than me and animations will keep them focused 💯
Also, there are not a lot of channels who show the sun at a relative good scale while explaining like at 0:10 which is good for the kids to encompass the real sizes from the beginning
nice channel 👍

[WiiAndii]

"The footprints made by the men who have been on the moon will likely remain intact for millions of years." Well... unless we actually manage to colonize the moon in the not-that-distant future and someone decides to vandalize them.

[alexyu]

your lectures are very helpful to TOEFL preparers.

[georgecogzell]

Hey the photo you used to illustrate lunar tides is of Portishead, a coastal town on the Severn Estuary. Kinda weird seeing it here aha although its notorious for riptides and coastal accidents

[cricket]

I appreciate your effort in educating everyone. :)

[sciencegranny]

Excellent Dave, but one thing is incorrect. Continental Drift was the precursor to plate tectonics. Drift implies a passive process. Plate movement is dynamic and does not involve drift. Prof P

[Sule]

how where tectonic plates formed?? I’m super curious about it! I never knew Earth was formed like this and it’s quite unbelievable how small rocks and particles became our home

[backstreetfan]

I am looking forward to the geology series!

[sonicguyver]

It is remarkable just how many unique circumstances came together to create this one little ball capable of supporting such diverse life. On the surface it make it easy to so see why some think Earth might be the only planet with life in the universe. What are the chances all these conditions happened anywhere else? But at the same time the discovery of other Earth-like worlds in recent years could lead one to think maybe these circumstances are less a cosmic fluke and more the norm than we ever thought.

[danielpratt]

Isotopic studies have shown that it was asteroids, not comets were the source of most of earths water.

[KidNoah]

Little known fun fact: "It is the pull of the Moon’s gravity on the Earth that holds our planet in place. Without the Moon stabilising our tilt, it is possible that the Earth’s tilt could vary wildly. It would move from no tilt (which means no seasons) to a large tilt (which means extreme weather and even ice ages)." (Royal Museums Greenwich)
So it is doubtful life would have arisen here given the eccentric gyrations of a moonless earth. Probably should rename it Goldilocks given how many things had to be perfect for life to evolve.

[BigWetTits]

Tide goes in, tide goes out, never miscommunication. You can't explain that.

[amehak]

What if Neil Armstrong had said heehee while moonwalking?

[panosvrionis]

👏 thank you professor for your time to bring us concentrate knowledge in a way that i can understand with no particularl science background 😘
Always listen to science 😉
You are like the greek god who brought us fire.
Love your channel👍

[Andrew-wvqp]

Great series. oh by the way, don't mention "density" in front of any flat earthers. It will confuse the hell out of them and they are confused enough already.

[andywangmonkc]

I love your videos they are very interesting