Supernova Remnants

In galaxies similar to our Milky Way Galaxy, a star will explode
violently every 26 years or so (a). These explosions, called
supernovas, produce gas and dust that expand outward thousands of
miles per second. With radio telescopes, these remnants in our galaxy
should be visible for a million years. However, only about 7,000
years' worth of supernova debris are seen (b). So, the Milky Way
looks young.

a. "An application of the present results to the [Milky Way] Galaxy
yields one supernova per 26 (± 10 estimated error) years in very good
agreement with the evidence from historical supernovae." G. A.
Tammann, "On the Frequency of Supernovae as a Function of the Integral
Properties of Intermediate and Late Type Spiral Galaxies," Astronomy
and Astrophysics, Vol. 8, October 1970, p. 458.

In article
<9dbaf6da-8ae1-48ac-bbff-212335a5508f@13g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
Pahu78@gmail.com wrote:

Go away you moronic idiot!

For one, on reading information on that website I found just as much
refusal to see the possibility of an old universe as strict adherants to
evolution have to the possibility of a young universe. Also, the author
seems to have done a very good job at picking eveidence that is
questionable at best to support a creationism only and young universe
theory. Second, there is far more recorded scientific evidence for a
universe billions of years old, such as studies of background radiation in
space. I am not saying that creationism is entirely wrong, nor am I saying
that evolution is entirely right. We as a species are still very young and
we hav e forgotten somethings. For one, the universe is not stranger that
we suppose, it is stranger than we can suppose, at least at this time.
Science does not have to conflict with religion just because it does not
take god into account, but one must have the sensibility to not be so
rigid in ones view that to concieve of the possibility that a conflicting
idea might not be completely accurate to reconcile that. No one religion
has all the answers for us, that includes science by the way. Religion is
supposed to give us spiritual guidance and point us in a direction that
results in us all leading lives in which we work to treat all living
beings with the respect they deserve. To hold such a striclty rigid
viewpoint, regardless of what you believe in, can lead to the thought that ...

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Family" att.net> wrote:

In article chris-pc.gateway.2wire.net>,
"The Filip Family" att.net> wrote:

Science isn't a religion.

On Mar 5, 11:24 am, Pah...@gmail.com wrote:

Stile4aly wrote:

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Don't feel bad... I'm not even an atheist and he (and the author of
that book) seem like crackpots.

On Mar 6, 4:30 pm, "Ryan P." delete.this.part.wi.rr.com>
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In article
<9dbaf6da-8ae1-48ac-bbff-212335a5508f@13g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
Pahu78@gmail.com wrote:

If the universe is only 10,000 years old how can you see a galaxy
2,000,000 light years away? Most of the night sky should appear empty
and black if we could only see what is within 10,000 light years of
earth.

Heck, with that limitation, we couldn't even see the stars on the other
side of our *own* galaxy, which are 100,000 light years distant.

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