• Question: Does quantum physics explain how the earth was created?

    Asked by jeevan to Arttu, Ceri, James_M, Monica, Philip on 15 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Arttu Rajantie

      Arttu Rajantie answered on 15 Jun 2011:


      The Earth formed some 5 billion years ago when dust that was orbiting the sun was accreted by gravity to form a big lump. This happened mostly due to gravity and classical mechanics, so quantum physics did not play a significant role it in.

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