How Did Earth Begin?

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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How did Earth get created? What did our planet begin as? Why does our world exist? What started our planet? These questions take us back billions of years to learn how Earth formed in the very beginning - and then, we’ll look to a group of mysterious asteroids that might reveal how Earth became the planet it is today. With planetary scientist Bill Bottke, we’ll hear the incredible story of Earth’s earliest days in cinematic style. And get ready for a journey to Jupiter, where a NASA mission you probably haven’t heard of is heading, in hopes of revealing mysteries hidden in the Trojan asteroids. What could they reveal about why our planet came to host life? Listen to find out! Join on Patreon to help us continue to make Tumble: patreon.com/tumblepodcast Shop official Tumble merch: https://tumblepodcast.dashery.com/ Listen to Tumble en Español: https://pod.link/1521514886 Submit a science question: https://www.sciencepodcastforkids.com/contact

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0:00.0	Are you looking for a podcast that your whole family can enjoy that asks the deep philosophical questions like, do trees fart?
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0:22.0	You'll love these stories and you'll learn something new.
0:25.7	Find and follow Tumble Science Podcasts for Kids wherever you get your podcasts or at
0:30.4	sciencepodcast for kids.com.
0:32.1	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:41.1	And I'm Marshall. Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:45.3	Today, we're talking about how our planet was created.
0:50.3	Just a lot of Play-Doh. A lot of Play-Dow.
1:00.8	To get the real story, we're going to be looking back billions of years to learn about how Earth formed.
1:08.8	And then we'll look to a mysterious group of asteroids that might reveal how Earth became the planet it is today. All right, so we got similar questions from two of our listeners.
1:16.4	Let's start with Isaac, who's five years old. How did Earth get created? And here's a question from
1:23.2	seven-year-old Leila. My name is Leila, and my question is, what did the Earth start as?
1:30.7	I guess those are just two different ways to say, how did Earth come to be?
1:34.2	And how did it get kangaroos?
1:36.4	It's a great question.
1:38.0	Layla had this idea.
1:40.5	The Earth maybe started as a molecule.
1:44.5	Okay. I mean, I guess that seems pretty possible.
1:47.5	I mean, we all started as a molecule at some point, right?
1:50.8	Well, let's find out what our listeners think.
1:53.8	How do you think Earth started?
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