• Question: how did the solar system evolve to it's current diverse state?

    Asked by loislucy to Phil on 20 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Phillip Wilkinson

      Phillip Wilkinson answered on 20 Mar 2013:

      Started as a big ball of gas, light years across, then this gas started to collapse and come together. The gas came together in pockets form larger more massive areas. With the most massive at the center of the ball of gas as it has the most gravity. These pockets were gas was coming together would eventually consume the majority of the gas in the cloud and form planets!

      You can see a video of this action here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhy1fucSRQI

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