Anonymous at Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:18:30 UTC No. 16281447

>>16281441
there would but we would all be gay since the moon is heterosrxual

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:21:26 UTC No. 16281450

>>16281441
My theory -source: my ass- is that without the impact pre-Earth pre-Moon the atmosphere would be too dense and the Earth would be a Venus-like planet.
>Reminder that I should searc for DOIs about that.

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:51:22 UTC No. 16281468

The Moon is apparently debris from the Theia collision so if you take away the Moon you take away that. So no.

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Jul 2024 17:39:28 UTC No. 16281504

>>16281468
What if still collision but you just remove the moon somehow?

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Jul 2024 18:09:39 UTC No. 16281530

>>16281450
Actchual theory is that the impact set plate tectonics in motion which contributes to carbon and water cycling, essential for life.

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Jul 2024 18:31:39 UTC No. 16281543

>>16281530
Wouldn't that make complex life even more rare?

Anonymous at Sun, 14 Jul 2024 22:19:44 UTC No. 16281683

>>16281543
Possibly, the tides and plate tectonics are very important for life on Earth but only because life on Earth developed on a planet with tides and plates. It's possible life could exist on a moonless planet, but maybe tides, plates, and all the other neat aspects of Earth just makes complex life develop more quickly and efficiently.

Moons seem to be pretty common in the universe and Mercury and Venus both exhibit plate tectonics so it might be common enough that it wouldn't lower the odds of complex life as much as we'd think.