What If the Moon Never Existed?

What would Earth be like if the Moon had never formed? Much shorter days, smaller tides, darker nights, no eclipses, and probably no us. Part one: What If the Moon Just Disappeared? [LINK] Chapters 0:00 A sky that never had a Moon 0:37 How we got our Moon 1:20 The rules of the game 1:54 The Moon's brake 2:41 How long is a day? 3:23 Wind and weather on a fast planet 3:52 Tides from the Sun alone 4:33 The wobbly tilt 5:28 Did the Moon help start life? 6:16 Darker nights, different animals 6:58 No eclipses, slower discoveries 7:54 A culture without the Moon 8:31Would we even be here? 9:21 Wrap-up Sources: NASA, where did our Moon come from: https://www.nasa.gov/general/where-di... Astronomy.com, how the Moon formed: https://www.astronomy.com/science/how... Space.com, Earth's spin after the impact: https://www.space.com/28472-earth-moo... Inside Science, what if there were no Moon: https://www.aip.org/inside-science/wh... NASA NTRS, the tilt of a moonless Earth: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20140... arXiv, weather on fast-spinning planets: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.6349 Lathe 2004, fast tidal cycling and the origin of life: https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publ... Astronomy.com, helium found during the 1868 eclipse: https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-th... ESA, the 1919 eclipse and Einstein: https://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM7I9R1VED... USGS, pieces of Theia deep in Earth's mantle: https://www.usgs.gov/publications/moo...