Thread: Planet Earth is GROWING!

WOW. That is amazing. It makes so much sense, and it isn't any thing I ever would have thought of. I knew that the universe was expanding, but the possibility that the Earth actually grew never occured to me. But, now that I think of it, it does make sense. There doesn't seem to be any reason why it wouldn't grow and expand like, say, a child.

however, if this is the case, then that means that the Earth will indeed have to end it's life span at some point, like people. But could it be that it will have an elastic effect and shrink?

Seems like all things in space follow a heartbeat pattern - expanding until they lose energy, then shrinking again, and this condensation fuels another expansion. Stars and galaxies seem to do it in their own ways - even the big bang itself - so planets ought to do the same.

A whlie from now, Earth may expand until it's a gaseous planet like Saturn, and Saturn might condense to a smaller, harder form. It could happen

Ok, I have a question about the video. Does water replicate itself or do we have a finite of it? Apparently, the water count must have grown as the earth grew.

Originally Posted by Vultyrex

Ok, I have a question about the video. Does water replicate itself or do we have a finite of it? Apparently, the water count must have grown as the earth grew.

You would have to guess so, not much info on how the water would get there. Maybe large glaciers melting?

actually everything on earth has been in the same quantities for all of its 4.5 billion years in one form or another, solid, liquid, gas, or energy. I can't think of why it would be expanding however, Its a bit late to watch the vids for me im off to bed, ill check em out on the morrow and formulate a proper response

Originally Posted by Ethereal

actually everything on earth has been in the same quantities for all of its 4.5 billion years in one form or another, solid, liquid, gas, or energy. I can't think of why it would be expanding however, Its a bit late to watch the vids for me im off to bed, ill check em out on the morrow and formulate a proper response

The mass of an object is normally considered to stay the same - a measure of its inertia. However there is such a thing as relativistic mass which uses the speed of light. Anyway, weight is the force of gravity on an object (w=mg).

So something that weighs a kilogram here would be different on the moon, for example.

However, although elements and compounds occur in a solid liquid or gas state, would the mass or weight of the earth stay the same when space junk (asteroids, meteorites etc) lands on it or when a gas evaporates from it (change in atmosphere eg ozone hole)? Is there enough of a change to affect gravity slightly and therefore weight?

Just a thought.

Well, none of that answers to my question on how the water count multiplied. At first, there was more land then water. Now there's more land then water.

That right there opens up the theory that water wasn't created on this planet. It came from somewhere else. Perhaps a hydrogen comet flew a little close to earth and deposited a huge amount of ice crystals forming our oceans once they melted.

What about this idea?

Maybe water molecules have increased because of the greater availability of Oxygen and Hydrogen made available through mining, pollution, industry etc. Chemical reactions may have caused a change in the amount of molecules available for water and also destroyed and created other compounds which they have not taken into consideration when measuring.

It could be that Earth is losing density and the creation of water out of hard minerals is becoming more common. Just a wild idea