The History of Earth's Moon: How A Disaster Created Life & The Moon | Catastrophe

In this truly spectacular documentary series, we go on a journey through the history of natural disasters. We'll be investigating from the planet's beginnings to the present, putting a new perspective on our existence and suggesting that we are the product of catastrophe. For each disaster led to another leap forward on the evolutionary trail form single celled bacteria to humankind itself.

In the opening episode, we'll be looking at the story of Earth and it's difficult birth. The formation of our moon set us on a unique course to being a planet ripe for life. It's difficult to imagine that the moon was actually born from one of the most violent and potentially devastating events in history. Four and half billion years ago, in the chaos of the early solar system, a Mars-sized planet smashed into our young Earth with such force that it sent rock debris hurtling out into space. This was how the moon was formed.

[KingBritish]

This is the kind of content I approve of on YouTube. Leave that short form dumb stuff to TikTok. Educational content like this is what should be pushed and promoted.

[KurdishSoldier]

I love everything you guys do, keep it up

[deepsouthsailor]

I wonder how much of the remnants of that collision still exist in our local solar system neighborhood as asteroids? I wonder how much of the Late-Heavy Bombardment period material that impacted Earth and Luna were remnants from the moon-forming impact?

[michaeldance]

Venus is an example of the environmental difference between Earth and itself and Mars had liquid water but not the environmental requirements for life

[Leftatalbuquerque]

On space, no one can hear two planets colliding.

[blackjesus]

I want to go to earth. Oh wait, never mind. 🤦🏾‍♂️🙏🏾

[lesliegordon]

Good job 😄 I dreamt of the moon 🌝 several times I think 💬 the moon has something to do with my emotions More so the moon plays a crucial role in the building 🏫 blocks of life pass and present wonderful world 🌍.

[jdwilmoth]

Damn I remember when this happened I was just a toddler😂 but I remember it like it was yesterday

[toni]

Brilliant work, thank you. Something I tried to explain to my grandchildren some years ago, but they didn't believe me.

[kayanoreeves]

Every time I look up at the moon, I still have some road rage.

[mariorosario]

The moon is moving away from us 1.5 inches every don't blame it!!

[blitzchamp]

It seems to me that the collision between Earth & Thea also created the tectonic plates of our planet...

[michaeldance]

Hey if our planet has already been hit by Thea then why should we worry about asteroids?

[alexbowman]

Perhaps the rapid contraction of proto Earth caused immense pressures in the core leading to heavy elements being forced together and combining to form elements above the lanthanides and actinides which were very unstable and caused a massive fission explosion which blew out causing the Moon.

[MikeKisil]

Nice and slow gives my brain a chance.lol.

[gregthegroove]

Yes….you can see the entire planet wide sized gash across Mars. That’s what happened. Who knows what events were combined or not. But something huge crashed into Mars which played a role in our moon.

[Norfolk]

That graphic must have cost a fortune --- and that's why they played it over and over again.

[spikenomoon]

The complexity of the solar system is beyond calculations. It was no accident. It’s perfectly designed and yet you want me to believe it when dozens of collisions and destructive chaos that built it. Trillions of variables has to be in place at the same time.

[JBG]

Wow, between all that and the development of pizza delivery is why we are here today .

[SukryRonde]

You are a off shore scientists i like it very much..lol. like foreseener or augur