In its nascent years, Earth was a celestial battleground. Its formation began with a violent collision between two protoplanets, Theia and proto-Earth. The cataclysmic impact ejected an immense amount of material into orbit, which coalesced to form the Moon. This shattered Earth's mantle, spewing molten rock into space and creating a fiery inferno. As the planet cooled, the ejected material rained down in a barrage of meteorites, shaping its surface and creating the building blocks of its first continents. From this catastrophic beginning emerged a unique planet, teeming with the potential for life amidst the scars of its apocalyptic origins.
