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Watch the violent, cosmic event that changed Earth forever

Jessica OrwigJun 20, 2016, 01:01 IST

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About 4.5 billion years ago, scientists estimate that Earth collided with an object the size of Mars. The collision vastly reduce the size of early Earth, and from the aftermath and debris, our Moon formed.

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