How Did Earth Begin?

About this episode

This episode explores the formation of Earth and the mysteries of asteroids that may reveal how our planet became capable of hosting life.

How did Earth get created? What did our planet begin as? Why does our world exist? What started our planet? These questions take us back billions of years to learn how Earth formed in the very beginning - and then, we’ll look to a group of mysterious asteroids that might reveal how Earth became the planet it is today. With planetary scientist Bill Bottke, we’ll hear the incredible story of Earth’s earliest days in cinematic style. And get ready for a journey to Jupiter, where a NASA mission you probably haven’t heard of is heading, in hopes of revealing mysteries hidden in the Trojan asteroids. What could they reveal about why our planet came to host life? Listen to find out! Join on Patreon to help us continue to make Tumble: patreon.com/tumblepodcast Shop official Tumble merch: https://tumblepodcast.dashery.com/ Listen to Tumble en Español: https://pod.link/1521514886 Submit a science question: https://www.sciencepodcastforkids.com/contact

People in this episode

Guest: Bill Bottke

Topics covered

• Earth formation
• planetary science
• asteroids
• NASA missions
• life on Earth

Keywords

• Earth
• formation
• Bill Bottke
• NASA
• Jupiter
• asteroids
• life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA

Places: Jupiter, Earth, Trojan asteroids

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