The birth of Earth, our home planet, is a fascinating and awe-inspiring story. Approximately 4.5 billion years ago, a giant molecular cloud collapsed under its own gravity, initiating the formation of our solar system. Within this swirling cloud of gas and dust, a small part began to condense, accumulating more material through gravitational attraction. Over time, this accumulation grew larger and denser, eventually reaching a critical point where nuclear fusion ignited at its core, marking the birth of the Sun. As the Sun continued to shine, a rotating disk of leftover material, known as the protoplanetary disk, surrounded it. Within this disk, dust particles collided, stuck together, and formed larger and larger bodies, eventually coalescing into planets, including Earth.
