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What is the creation and birth of the Earth called in the language of scientists? FAQ

  What is the creation and birth of the Earth called in the language of scientists? The birth and creation of the universe is called as Big Bang, after Big Bang itself our Earth formed when gravity pulled swirling gas and dust in to become the third planet from the Sun. The Earth started its life as a disc of dust and gas orbiting the young Sun. The dust particles were brought together by the forces of drag to form clumps of rock that grew into “planetesimals” tens to hundreds of miles across, and then to Mars-sized “protoplanets” by colliding with each other. Earth grew to its final size through one last major collision with another Mars-sized object. This added a lot of materials to Earth, and this collision is also the reason for moon formation. We call this Mars-sized object   Theia . To note — The formation of earth was not instantaneous it was gradual and Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago but the big bang occurred 13.8 billion years ago, what happened between that ...