In which John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about our Sun, and the formation of the planets. We're going to focus on the formation and development of the Earth, because that's...
========== Hi, I'm John Green, this is Crash Course Big
History. Today we're gonna be talking about the formation of the solar system, approximately
4.567 billion years ago. Four, five, six, seven.. Could that possibly be a coincidence?
Yes. So if you weren't asleep during like, every
minute of grade school, you're probably familiar with the basic layout of the solar system
and the eight -- formerly nine -- planets. What you may not know is how the planets fit between
the stars, and life as the linchpin of rising complexity. Mr. Green, Mr. Green! What about Pluto? Oh, Me From the Past! I know people like to
root for the underdog, particularly when the underdog shares a name with Mickey Mouse's
dog. Off topic, but how come Mickey Mouse has a dog w...