How was earth created considering a scientific mindset?

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Nova Adams · Accepted Answer

It was not "created" in a religious sense by some supernatural being. Earth and the entire solar system formed as part of nebular gases coming together by gravity.

The nebular hypothesis is our current best explanation of how the entire solar system formed nearly 5 billion years ago. A mass of interstellar gases, derived from a former Red Giant star or supernova, started to collapse together by gravitational attraction. As they did, they started to rotate and a disk started to form. Most of the mass of the nebulae (as hydrogen and helium) collapsed towards the center of the disk. Once a critical mass of hydrogen was achieved, the sun was formed and lite up with nuclear fusion processes. The other planets grew by accretion (lumping together over time),

Hunter Arthur · Answer

undefined The Earth was created by a process known as accretion, which started out as a cloud of gas and dust in space. Gradually, gravity pulled the particles in this cloud together, forming larger and larger bodies, which eventually collided and merged to form the Earth. The early Earth was a hot, molten mass that cooled and solidified over millions of years. Complex geological processes were involved in the formation of the Earth, including differentiation, in which heavier elements sank to the core of the planet while lighter materials rose to the surface, resulting in distinct layers within the planet.