• Question: How do you believe the world started?

    Asked by boomitsgeorgia to Tim, Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi on 16 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by ailhep123, ninjanae.
    • Photo: Suzi Gage

      Suzi Gage answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Hi @boomitsgeorgia
      I believe that our planet was created when a huge cloud of interstellar gas and dust (space dust!) started swirling about, and the gravity from each particle drew other particles towards it, and eventually they got so close together that they all made each other heat up, which fused them together.

      If you asked a space scientist it would be a LOT more complicated than that, but basically, that’s how the earth was formed. And this happened a long time ago, about 4.6 billion years is the current estimate! Mind boggling!

      Thanks for your question!!

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      Damien Hall answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Like Suzi, I believe in evolution (as most scientists do), so I believe the version about the Big Bang, where the Earth and all the other planets were gradually formed out of the matter that started to exist after the Big Bang. How the Big Bang itself happened is a different question!

    • Photo: Rachael Ward

      Rachael Ward answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Hi boomitsgeorgia and ailhep123
      I agree with suzi and damien and believe in the big bang theory and then evolution. What about you?

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