Remnants of a Planet Inside Earth Linked to Plate Tectonics

[@ahmedzaidazam]

Anton has a big contribution to science for sharing all this content

[@Marzkthedaeian]

he has been doing this for many many years

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@@acmhfmggru You will never ever know whom he may have inspired.

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Please never stop doing youtube. I love every single episode.

[@ElectronFieldPulse]

I think it’s his only job, so hopefully he will stick around for a while. His videos are awesome and he makes a lot. One of my favorite channels!

[@manachromeYT]

Might retire one day but probably not soon. Even then it might end up like matpat with someone else voicing.

[@ronlanders7354]

Anton been on fire lately, love you man

[@marksuplinskas3474]

Thanks!

[@xodiaq]

YT has started popping Anton videos in after everything. He’s after science videos, comedy videos, car videos… but I’ve realized Anton is the master of excited chill, like he’s absolutely about to bust at the seams but keeps himself JUST contained!

[@Bohr2um]

Its because you watch him. The algorithm checks for which videos you engage with, and recommend more videos from him, based on that. Not everybody gets this. Try make a new account, and watch the same, unrelated science, comedy, car videos again, and see if you can find his videos still.

[@Mona_Lisa123]

I get this too. Like the dude above me said, it's the algorithm. If you fall asleep with KZbin playing and allow his 1-3 hour compilations to play, KZbin will put priority on those to save bandwidth as well

[@conniepr]

@Anton Petrov you make science and math exciting.

[@icythe1st]

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[@robbleeker4777]

His Noodles videos are pretty good

[@thomasherndon-io2gl]

We need a school that instructs teachers to communicate as well as admirable Anton. Accept a little admiration wrapped with respect please 😊

[@mac11380]

Teachers are too busy trying to get you to use certain pronouns.

[@czechultimatestyle]

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[@mac11380]

@@czechultimatestyle Can't argue with you, good luck my friend.

[@czechultimatestyle]

@@mac11380 good luck to you as well mac I hope you get rid of this pronouns nonsense and other pointless stuff o.o/

[@ThePhysicalReaction]

It still amazes me that people at one time doubted plate tectonics. "So I guess its just a coincidence that these continents seem to fit together?" Though it isn't unheard of that if someone can't figure out why something has happened, they deny it has happened outright.

[@kosmosXcannon]

Yeah I think I had the idea the continents seemed like they sort of fit eachother back when I was in middle school. Had the idea when I saw a globe. Now how to go about proving that, is another story.

[@MagnusQuake]

I absolutely love the fact that you call me a wonderful person each time. You sir are a legend. Cheers, ya champion

[@craig7350]

In other words, Earth is a large Lava Lamp

[@wuokawuoka]

You took the words... from my keyboard

[@craigrumbal6811]

Yeah with a baby dragon growing inside 😉

[@kadmii]

or maybe, just maybe... a Lava Lamp is a tiny Earth? 😲

[@DinsDale-tx4br]

@@kadmiiPoole, Dorset, where the lamps were invented certainly looks like a little Earth :-)

[@davemi00]

Sorta

[@markvoelker6620]

Earth is getting rarer and rarer

[@profkingthing]

Gotta explain abiogenesis somehow

[@realitycheck908]

If there are 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% planets like earth there are prob bilions of planets like that , life is a different question

[@heardistance]

Was same thought by me...At the end we will find out, Earthlike planets are just once per galaxy, or even every second galaxy... :(

[@profkingthing]

@@realitycheck908 I think that's a mistake. Even if life is exceedingly rare, and requires all kinds of cumulative rare circumstances, it is still a natural expression of the universe as it exists. Life is as natural as the sun, and every other emergent property in the universe. Saying that life is different is like saying humans are different from other animals. It's a bias in understanding.

[@Redrisco]

this

[@briannenurse4640]

Anton is one of the best science communicators working today! Thank you for everything you do!

[@MyraSeavy]

It is so Awesome learning this new and incredible information! Especially at my age! Thanks so much Anton! 😊

[@Rudyard_Stripling]

Scientists are still unable to reproduce life in the lab from the so-called theories of how life began lol.

[@securitychiefodo9382]

@@Rudyard_Striplingwe’ve come a long way in 100 years. Imagine what another 100 will look like 👍

[@MrM1729]

Thank you! Keep ‘em coming

[@blacksmith67]

I had the thought last night that if you could speed up geologic time fast enough to see millions of years pass by in seconds, that the surface of Earth would be more violent than the worst storms at sea.

[@Tamamo-no-Bae]

Algol did make a video...

[@Strype13]

From everything being frozen solid to an all-encompassing molten inferno, the worst storms at sea in modern times do not even remotely compare to the cataclysmic hellscapes that have enveloped our planet through cycles lasting millions of years.

[@darkbeetlebot]

So what I take away from this, is that what is very likely required for complex life to come about on a planet is that you need to have a planet that collides with another planet and somehow obtains a sizable enough moon to create tides. That and it being in the habitable zone of a star so it can create liquid water. That way, it has plate tectonics (necessary from what I've seen of our known planets), liquid water (also necessary, though it seems the water can vary in its composition depending on what the life is based on), and tides (Not sure if they're necessary or not, but they feel like they would be).

[@DrCranium]

Tides are relevant, but not in a way of "moving water in waves" (though it can be viewed as one possible prerequisite for evolution of life - especially when it crossed from the ocean to the surface), but "moving _molten metal_ in depths of the planet"; yep, it seems that the Moon kickstarted and is currently sustaining the magnetosphere of Earth through tides.

[@CoppenBloppen]

Not to forget a big iron core with enough spin to cause a magnetosphere, just the right about of mass to avoid too fast/slow cooling of the core, the correct alignment of planets in the solar system to avoid asteroids and other bodied impacting, avoiding getting flung out of the system by unstabile orbits, axial Tilt to enable seasons, no tidal lock to the sun, ideally only one sun in general, which needs to be stabile and small enough to enable biological processes over a long period, no interference of objects in the immediate solar neighborhood (no other suns on collisioncourse, no novas or super novas in the immediate neighborhood, a tame galactic black hole, no Magnetband or neutron stars in the immediate neighborhood either, but at the same time enough heavy elements from super novae prior to formation of the planet, and these are just the things I recall while writing this at 3am

[@rolandblock2530]

Our planet’s type of complex life. There are likely other planets where very different life formed.

[@justinwalker5441]

The big moon keeps the core molten and churning for longer as well, preventing the magnetic field from disappearing quickly. I agree with you.

[@hansweichselbaum2534]

@@CoppenBloppen Sounds like you're a fan of the Fine Tuning Argument. I could imagine life getting started under different condition, but even of those conditions are essential, there are an estimated 10^22 stars in the universe ....

[@TheOriginalJAX]

Thanks, I Like it when you cover these updates as I think it's very promising work. Keep up the good work and stay well.

[@TheRotnflesh]

The 'blobs of Theia' finally being linked to tectonics (seismicity, volcanism, and electromagnetism) will revolutionize our scientific thinking about the Earth, but how does it affect geomagnetic excursions? If they are constantly flowing like plastic magma, maybe their orientation alters the magnetic field over time? It would be cyclical.

[@willo7734]

Earth is an insanely fascinating place. Thanks for showing us that Anton.

[@SweetSunrising]

Thank you I love the subject of plate tectonics it’s amazing it was only discovered as recently as 1960s and going from the theory of general mantle heat convection to effects of a planet collision as the possible source & mechanism behind it just keeps getting more exciting

[@razvipa6642]

I live in Romania and found your work very altruistic and interesting, You will be in the history of the universe eternally a good sould and wonderful person! Thank you, Anton!

[@stanmanlyman4550]

why altruistic?

[@JonnoPlays]

So without the impact we don't get a moon or plate tectonics. Makes the case for life being a rarity a little stronger it seems.

[@Khn_2102]

I love watching your videos while reading the comments

[@markliamdairr]

glad to see I'm not the only one who does this 😅

[@Bohr2um]

Yep lol. So much religious dogma, its hilarious 🤣

[@DneilB007]

Literally doing this right now! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jimcurtis9052]

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 🙂😁👍

[@craptree]

Thanks for reminding me why i studied Geology

[@DanijelTurina973]

Not only that, but the excess of heavy metals from Theia core is responsible for the fact that the Earth has so much radioactive decay inside that the insides are kept liquid, which is responsible for the fact that Earth has a magnetic field the size that's typical for a gas giant. Also, this early collision is responsible for the fact that we have a Moon, which stabilises the Earth's axis. And the early solar system perturbed so that the gas giants are on the outside and not on the inside. And Sun is a unary star, not binary or ternary, which makes the solar system extremely stable, AND the Sun is not flaring up to the point of sterilising the solar system every now and then. Which brings us to my point that the Universe is big, but not so big that I would expect all this to happen twice.

[@H0Fidelity-rq4ry]

Earth: 1: Habitable zone 2: Water 3: Suitable atmosphere 4: Plate techtonocs 5: Magnetic shield 6: A large moon 7: Not tidally locked 8: Self regulating climate 9: Life 10: Extreme biodiversity. 11: A stable starsystem 12: A stable star 13: Stable neighbourhood Things in nature don’t happen for a reason but there are reasons they happen.

[@Sparticulous]

What i hear is more rare earth hypothesis. I hear so many different pieces of this that rare earth is my favorite fermi paradox solution

[@quidproquo3933]

infinite possibilities. literally

[@2147B]

Thank you ONCE again, Anton!

[@punditgi]

The only real mystery is how Anton manages to produce one amazing video after another! 🎉😊

[@bangtanssera]

I love how your videos are easy to understand from the scratch no matter how difficult the topic is, thank you as always

[@slanglabadang]

I really like how much Anton uses the Gaspé peninsula in his videos. Showing some of that QC love!

[@thomasnelson6161]

I vote to remove neil degrasse tyson from his post and install anton as supreme scientific communicator.

[@brijac04]

Niel sucks, watch his interview on the theories of everything podcast.

[@TheRadischen]

Neil is mid

[@iWerli]

neil is dog water and a broken record lol

[@joshx022]

Agree. Tyson has become mainstream darling. Dumbed himself down. Disingenuous.

[@alecity4877]

​@@IslandFar who is chuck

[@stevenkarnisky411]

Just glad we weren't around when it happened! Thanks for the simulation, Anton. Close enough!

[@rogwarrior1018]

Really cool visual of early Earth and Thea's collision. The lava lumps are interesting. To think the mantle and crust are so involved with our plate tectonics is amazing. Thanks Anton as always well done video. We don't appreciate our planet enough.

[@gregknipe8772]

thanks for your reporting Anton. some people below seem to think you *discover* these theories. thanks for your reporting here.

[@wayneharrison]

Great vid Anton... Planet Theia's left-over-guts inside Earth and the constant volcanism, in combination with ongoing plate tectonics movements, goes a long way in explaining Earth's ever-changing Precession. ((🌏)) 🤔

[@comentedonakeyboard]

Thank you, wonderfull collision.

[@Gigawattt]

Great stuff, Anton!

[@paulbizard3493]

Fantastic and sound explanation tor plate tectonics...

[@cthulholmhastur5317]

Love ur content Anton! Keep it up brother!

[@Imbalto]

AH! love to see your perspective. I read this a little bit ago but im a geologist

[@scungilli9396]

Once again life on Earth owing it to both Theia and by translation Luna for our continued (mostly) peaceful existence. It's always crazy to me how far down the luck goes. Our galaxy quieter than it should be, our Sun quieter than it should be. Truly humanity is lucky to be here right now.

[@lacombland7378]

Lucky ? No such thing as luck

[@Rudyard_Stripling]

Scientists are still unable to reproduce life in the lab from the so-called theories of how life began lol. They will never be able to produce life in the lab and God created everything here. The elements obey his words because his essence is spread over the entire universe. I am the light and the life of all things.

[@farrier2708]

The properties of the Universe were not made perfect for life to evolve on your planet. Life on any planet evolves by adapting to the conditions it is presented with. Had the properties of your planet been different, you would still exist. Just not in your human form. 🖖👽

[@scungilli9396]

@@lacombland7378 if not luck, then what?

[@Kepora1]

I'd say those are the reasons humanity IS here, not in spite of those things.

[@MrNate-jd1nc]

This channel is wonderful

[@Agapanthah]

Hi Anton. Thank you for your continued effort to spread science to the masses. I've learned so much and appreciate your channel very much. btw...I'm not quite sure if you are growing out your beard but if you are ....it's a good look on you.

[@gabbyn978]

I had this suspicion for some time already. For anyone who wants to learn a bit more about the earliest tectonics, and how they differed from modern _plate_ tectonics, watch GeoGirl's video from a few months ago, with the title 'Not ALL Tectonics is ‘Plate’ Tectonics (w/Steven Baumann!)' - It is a good complement to Anton's video.

[@craigharmon7743]

Everything you say here makes perfect sense and I definitely feel smarter as a result of having watched this video.

[@JDdollars]

Anton rocks

[@Neloish]

My favorite topic Theia.

[@borabingol6797]

So, it all heads back to good old Fermi! As new evidences of rare events shaping the Earth -which is the only planet hosts life- are discovered, my confidence in Rare Earth Hypothesis grows. With all those rare events which needs to be in some kind of sequence , it is evident that we may even be the single life-sustaining planet in the whole galaxy. That is terrifying.

[@bearcubdaycare]

Clarke opined that the two possibilities are equally terrifying...we're alone, or we're not.

[@willemakkermans4067]

Instead of terrifying I find it amazing, wonderful. This thought should increase one's appreciation for Earth, and solidify our dedicated efforts to look after this planet, this amazing home to many life forms including ourselves.

[@erik_a8357]

>"we may even be the single life-sustaining planet in the whole galaxy." Possible but since there are somewhere between 200 billion and 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe only, we're likely not alone 😆

[@borabingol6797]

@@erik_a8357 likely not alone in the context but pravcically alone since intergalactic messages cannot be transmitted in accepatable time frames.

[@borabingol6797]

@@willemakkermans4067 I find it terrifying when I think of the scales of the universe versus life hosting possibilities. That’s like something very very confusing when you think of one of the fundamental principles - conservation of energy. But then you realize this universe is hostile to life or at least not suitable for life. In fact, that’s somewhat scary.

[@gregpieczka8996]

THANK YOU ANTON! Again

[@yvonnemiezis5199]

Nice video,very interesting, thanks 👍😊

[@michaljanovsky8966]

epic video! makes me think about plate tectonics in a whole new way!

[@thejester57]

Anton is one of my favorite science educators, if you like evolutionary biology check out Forrest valkai at valkai labs, and gutsick gibbon.

[@DrDirigible]

Nice picture of the St. Lawrence river from space.

[@zeroreyortsed3624]

I think a good way to explain how imaging the planet's interior works to a person that's unfamiliar with it. Is that we basically use earthquakes and sensors, placed all over the planet. to do an ultrasound/sonogram of the earth.

[@markgarin6355]

How does this correlate with the impact craters opposite of hot spots?

[@Friedfoodie]

Fabulous episode.

[@Diabrorojo]

Hi wonderful Anthon! You're looking even nicer with beard!

[@memejeff]

Very cool stuff.

[@MCsCreations]

Fascinating.

[@nancyhope2205]

The earth is a very special place. It is extremely rare.

[@hansweichselbaum2534]

Very special for us indeed, but I doubt that the earth is unique. There are an estimated 10^22 stars in the universe with most seeming to have planets.

[@gasstationpeanuts1814]

@@hansweichselbaum2534 True, but a "one in a million" scenario here and there can cut down impossibly large numbers like billions and trillions real quick.

[@nancyhope2205]

@@hansweichselbaum2534 I just read a book all about the history of the earth, exploring the rare earth hypothesis; there just so many events and combinations of events that I was convinced that earth is rather special. None of the other planetary systems that astronomers have found are anything like ours. Half the “stars” out there are binaries for one thing. I was rather surprised as the evidence mounted up.

[@manachromeYT]

​@@gasstationpeanuts1814that would still leave 100k civilizations in our galaxy

[@hansweichselbaum2534]

@@nancyhope2205 Around 5,000 exoplanets have been "confirmed" in our immediate neighborhood, in our galaxy. There are an estimated 10^22 stars in the universe. That's a 1 followed by 22 zeros. Most stars seem to have planets. That's a lot of planets! Of course, our earth is unique, but there must be a lot of planets which are sufficiently similar to earth to have lifeforms as we know them. And I can imagine planets with somewhat different conditions, which also support lifeforms, somewhat different from ours..

[@phaedrussocrates7636]

Thank you

[@carlosgemballa]

Perfect! Another point to rare earth ….

[@ariadgaia5932]

I feel the most likely situation is a combination of all the theories led to plate tectonics~ Some just may have had more influence than others.

[@myleskennedy7733]

Love ya Anton. I love Neil 2. Two people can be loved and respected at the same time. Some of yall need to try it ✌🏽

[@mooredelira]

great, keep up the good work!

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

The process does have a sort of elegant simplicity to it.

[@annsidbrant7616]

We have to take the Rare Earth hypothesis very seriously. Why is the Earth not just habitable, but so fantastically inhabited? Thanks to Anton for another great video.

[@miki_the_little198]

I was also thinking about it few months ago, also how that could have made life possible on earth as a result of plate tectonics

[@shanewallace2564]

The current theory is that abiogenesis began somewhere in the ocean around volcanic vents. No plate tectonics, no vents

[@miki_the_little198]

@@shanewallace2564 also, was thinking about connections between that event and the molten core which does not seem to slow down unlike Mars’es core, thanks to which we have the magnetic field and are shielded from cosmic radiation

[@shanewallace2564]

@@miki_the_little198 good point

[@hunterhutchison9408]

Anton and Dutchsinse are both awesome!!

[@Kim_Miller]

So there's a blob inside the earth named Jason. Fun story of other Jasons. Jason Donovan was a famous TV star and singer here in Australia, appearing in the soapy Neighbours in the 1970s. The name suddenly became very common for newborn boys and the number of Jasons in Australia swelled in that period. From 1998 to 2008 I worked in the NSW Corrective Services and the prison where I worked there were about 350 inmates. We had lots of Jasons, and at one time I got the inmate list and counted over thirty of them at the one time. That is almost 10% of the prison population. However, that was much higher than the occurrence in the wider community. Which means Jasons aged about +/- 25 committed more crime than the average person. The criminologist would say that it is a reflection of the viewing audience for that TV show. Any other Aussies out there like to comment? 😀

[@_Thoughtful_Aquarius_]

😀 Great comment! Thank you!

[@maltheopia]

Sobering thing is that if our plate tectonics was in fact caused by a once-in-a-million planetary collision AND our evolutionary history is linked to the collision (why there are so many geothermal vents, necessary for abiogenesis for example) that pretty much explains the Fermi Paradox then and there. Either Earth-based life is rare, or humanity is preposterously early to the game.

[@UltimateDurzan]

The Fermi paradox rests on too many assumptions about life in the first place. It shouldn't be taken too seriously in the first place.

[@JohnDoe-qz1ql]

That's a Lot of ifs, and of Course Earth bases life is rare!!! There's Only One Earth...

[@maltheopia]

@@UltimateDurzan Assumptions such as?

[@TheRipdub]

Reminds me of what terrence howard was talking about on the jre podcast

[@tortysoft]

I've always thought this was probable - great to learn someone has been finding solid evidence.

[@lisaharmon5619]

Thank you!

[@susancaleca4796]

I mentioned that quite over 10 years ago

[@yomogami4561]

thanks for the information antion i was wondering what started plate tectonics in the last month

[@MattttG3]

Anton is genuinely a nice dude

[@JonS]

Interesting potential explanation for the lack of tectonics on Venus and Mars.

[@johnmcnulty4425]

This theory explains a lot. When I was a kid, plate tectonics was still a theory. We've come a long way in Earth sciences!

[@bpg5530]

As new discoveries keep coming i lean more and more towards Rare Earth Hypothesis

[@w0t_m818]

True, but even in the scope of a single galaxy rare is a relative term, so who knows.

[@Rudyard_Stripling]

Scientists are still unable to reproduce life in the lab from the so-called theories of how life began lol.

[@filonin2]

@@Rudyard_Stripling Must have been a magic man in the sky then, amirite? These dumb scientists looking for natural explanations when it's sooooo obvious a sky wizard did it all.

[@w0t_m818]

@@Rudyard_Stripling scientists were unable to detect the gravitational waves predicted by Einstein for 80 years... Until they did. Despite that, we still make great strides in the study of abiogenesis every day, like observing RNA, the precursor to DNA, forming on clay.

[@Rudyard_Stripling]

@@w0t_m818 You are deflecting and not very good at it either. Einstein never predicted anything about how life began lol. No scientists are not making any progress about their theories about how life began and they never will because that is not how life began.

[@franciscopagan3255]

Thanks for the video. A very interesting topic. What effects could this past impact of Theia with the ancient Earth have on the volcanic activity of our current planet in the future. Really, those deep remains of that planet that impacted us are like "foreign bodies" in a human body.🤔

[@billbucktube]

There are facts and facts and facts, How the facts fit the puzzle is and how they survive testing is most important. Can’t wait to see how this info shakes out!

[@EstuardoAlmavarez]

Anton is the best!

[@vipertwenty249]

I like this theory by far the best over all the alternatives - it works in simulation to match observation better and has extant remnants that can be and have been observed. Unfortunately it does also mean that the criteria likely to produce complex life on other planets just got a whole lot more difficult to match, effectively significantly diminishing our chances of detecting it. You win some you lose some, as the saying goes.

[@mrdumbfellow927]

3:50 WOW, that huge Jason blob REALLY is right under the South Atlantic Anomaly! Crazy

[@casaduemilia]

Very interesting.

[@mrrob7531]

Awesome job

[@creedsixteen891]

Another great show Anton. I like the new explanation. Makes sense to me but that doesn’t account for much. 😂

[@HannesSwanepoel]

I wish I could llike the video more than once for everyting something blows my mind

[@papakokopelli]

What about all the water that´s under the crust, that was recently described ?

[@mrdumbfellow927]

The fact that very foundation of the ground we walk on every day is such an active, energetic, hellish, and secretive place is always blows my mind. Of course the occasional earthquake or volcano is a pretty good reminder of what is happening down there😂

[@Kelnx]

"Mom, I want to visit another planet" Mom: "We have another planet at home" Another planet at home: Earth - "Get in my belly!"

[@Strype13]

Damnit. It feels like the more I hope and wish for the REH (Rare Earth Hypothesis) to be disputed and/or refuted, the more evidence we find to suggest that it is, indeed, the most plausible supposition. Sadly, the more proficient we get in our search for extraterrestrial life, the chance for us to actually find advanced and/or intelligent life feels increasingly less feasible. I'm not giving up hope yet, though -- merely because it's still fun to contemplate the endless possibilities.

[@Quarkbait]

We also don’t even understand the reality we live in every day - meaning we can’t see everything thats actually there. The world and universe we live in is astonishing

[@POLICECAMERA6688]

Thank you for today's video content. However, perhaps this issue is a bit confusing so I did not focus too much on some issues. Maybe I need to do more research.

[@Quartermaster_77]

OMG ! Rare Earth hypothesis !

[@kalrandom7387]

252 million years ago, an object put around about a 250 miles wide crater in what is now called Antarctica, which the antipole location just happened to become the Siberian traps 2 million years later, causing over 98% of the world to go extinct, while cracking the crust into what is now called tectonic plates.

[@shoego]

Yeah, I figured that all those weird magnetic anomalies were the remnants of a planet that crashed into Earth. Still nice to see more studies on the subject.

[@you2angel1]

Whooo That is wild. Final Fantasy VII starting to look more and more accurate as the years go by ☄️ °~•.☆.•~°

[@johnmiller2689]

Very cool!

[@jzargothesnowleopard]

Both Neil and Anton can be good scientists, why is everyone arguing over who is better 😭😭