We Have Jupiter to Thank For Earth's Creation - IGN News

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Published on March 29, 2015 7:30:02 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkbczdlNbBo

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Jupiter may have been the cause of the formation of our planet. According to a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the inner Solar System once contained a number of "super-Earths". Jupiter migrated inward from its orbit and "cleared out" these planets by sweeping them into the Sun, before returning to its normal orbit.

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