SUMMARY

The Earth, together with other planets and their moons, form the planetary system. The Sun and the planets together again form the Solar system

There are different theories proposed about the formation of the Universe and Earth. The “Big Bang” is most widely accepted

Our Earth was thus created from the mixture of gas and dust particles moving in space around the Sun about 4.5 billion years ago.

During the late Cambrian period (514 Ma) the Gondwana Supercontinent evolved around the South Pole

The continual collision then produced the pre-Pangaea continent during the early Devonian period (390 Ma).

At about 160 Ma, Pangaea divided into two bigger landmasses called Gondwanaland and Laurasia.