How the Universe Works S02E08 · Birth of the Earth

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The Earth was formed by a series of cataclysms without which we would not exist. Could the same events have created other earth-like planets elsewhere in the Universe inhabited by creatures like us?

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5. 5 5. Extreme Orbits - Clockwork and Creation2012-08-08 · 42mWe owe our existence to the stability of earth's orbit. But we are the freaks: everywhere else we look we find orbits are chaotic, unstable, and violent. Yet on the very largest s
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8. 8 8. Birth of the Earth2012-08-29 · 42mThe Earth was formed by a series of cataclysms without which we would not exist. Could the same events have created other earth-like planets elsewhere in the Universe inhabited by