The Failed Planet in the Asteroid Belt #space #universe

Añadido: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Our solar system almost had another planet. It's called Vesta, a massive object between Mars and Jupiter.

[00:00:05]Billions of years ago, Vesta [music] was forming like the early planets. Its interior became hot enough to melt.

[00:00:11]Scientists [music] believe it formed a core, a mantle, and a crust. But Jupiter's gravity disrupted [music] the entire asteroid belt. Objects kept crashing into each other instead of becoming planets. [music] Vesta survived the chaos, but it never became a world.