Stars show rapid changes

Evidence of rapid changes in stars have been observed by astronomers which would contradict the evolutionist time frame and uniformitarian principles of gradual processes over millions of years and promote the evidence for a young solar system according to the creationist model. Astronomers at Bengt Gustafsson at McDonald Observatory in Texas and Martin Asplund of the Uppsala Observatory in Sweden have observed a star named Sakurai's Object, which is located in the constellation Sagittarius. The astronomers observed that this star, which was discovered in 1996 and named after the Japanese amateur astronomer who discovered it, transformed from a "white dwarf" star about the size of Earth to a bright yellow supergiant 80 times wider than the sun. Then the star ballooned into a red giant 150 times larger than the sun. This rapid increase in size is not consistent with the evolutionist model of gradual changes over millions of years and the nebula theory, but rather supports the catastrophic processes described by those who believe in a young universe created within the 6,000 year creationist time frame. Evolutionist astronomers described this rapid increase in size as a "very late thermal pulse" as part of "the very fast evolution" of Sakurai's Object. Sakurai's Object eventually shrunk until it was almost invisible to modern telescopes. Astronomers classify Sakurai's Object as a "born-again giant" and is believed to be a star in the later stages of its life. If stars can change this quickly, in this case within a few years, one must question the need for millions or billions of years of time in the evolutionist time scale. Sakurai's Object gives evidence that stars and planetary bodies do not need millions of years to change or transform by natural processes. Sakurai's Object also gives evidence that millions of years are not needed for the lifespan of a star and that stars can complete their lifespan in much shorter periods of time that evolutionists once thought, including within the creationist time scale.

New Scientist 154(2085):17, 7 June 1997; referring to Astronomy & Astrophysics 321:L17, 1997.