10/06/2026
πβοΈ What if I told you another planet once slammed into Earth?
Around 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-sized world collided with the young Earth in a catastrophic impact that changed our planet forever.
From the debris of that collision, the Moon was born.
Scientists believe that without this ancient event, Earth's climate may have been far less stableβand life as we know it might never have evolved.
One violent collision helped shape the world we call home.
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