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>this mess of a blog post It's that. Just one more in a long line of wild-eyed 'the Earth collided with' theories. > Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic
by 8bitsrule 1y ago
>this mess of a blog post
It's that. Just one more in a long line of wild-eyed 'the Earth collided with' theories.
> Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years ...
They haven't 'shown' anything. They may have evidence to support part of one model ... if they can demonstrate that a Theia probably existed in the first place.
Try to read it? Thick going. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw1280 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw1280. Quoting from that:
"Today’s element abundances of the BSE and isotope constraints strongly suggest that the bulk Earth comprises ~90% PE, ~10% Theia, and ~0.4% late veneer material... Other models suggest that Earth formed from ~60% PE and ~40% Theia ..."
>a later collision with Theia likely delivered the water
Etc. If water was so hard to get ... where in the hell did this hypothetical, no evidence 'likely' get the water it 'delivered'?
- andrewflnr 1y agoWater wasn't hard to get in the outer solar system. You know, where all the ice balls are? They're not here to "demonstrate" the Theia impact theory, because there's already tons of other work doing that.