supernovas and creation
Crab Nebula, NASA Image
Astronomers have observed that there are few supernova remnants in our galaxy, that is too few to accommodate the proposed 15 billion year evolutionist time scale. A supernova remnant is believed to be the expanding heated gases left over from the outer shell of a massive star that became a supernova, which is a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness as a result of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass. When a star runs out of nuclear fuel, it collapses on itself in seconds, creating a strong, bright explosion. Some supernova remnants have been observed by the naked eye on Earth. If the Milky Way Galaxy is billions of years old as the evolutionists claim, we should observe more supernova remnants than astronomers have currently. Mainstream astronomers predict that we should observe over 7,200 supernova remnants in a 15 billion year time scale, however the actual number observed is just over 200. The evolutionists have no answer or rescuing device for this lack of supernova remnants. Therefore, the lack of supernova remnants observed in the Milky Way Galaxy is strong evidence for the creationist time scale within 6,000 years.
More recently, scientists have claimed that older supernova remnants have been identified that are older than 6,000 years and some creationists have stopped using the supernova remnant concept to support a young universe. However, some creationists say that mainstream scientists have falsely identified the ages of the supernova remnants and that the supernova remnants can be identified within the creationist young universe timeline. There are many explanations for the age of supernova remnants that can fit within the young universe model. The issue of the age of supernova remnants is also similar to the issue of the starlight-time issue, which has been mentioned as a problem for the creationist model by the mainstream scientific community. However, just as there are creationist explanations for the starlight-time phenomena that fit within the young universe model, the same explanations can be used to explain the age of supernova remnants within a young universe model without the need for millions or billions of years. The speed of light is a key concept in the debate over the ages of stars and supernova remnants, and creationists believe that the speed of light can vary under certain conditions. Also, the concept of the heavens being "stretched out" as mentioned in more than a dozen Biblical scriptural verses is also a key concept in the debate.
Despite nebulae and supernova remnants that mainstream scientists identify as millions and billions of years old, one particular supernova remnant has been observed within historical times. The Crab Nebula was first observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 and was the first astronomical object identified with a historical supernova explosion. Today, the Crab Nebula cannot be observed with the naked eye but can be seen with binoculars. The nebula exists within the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy at a distance of about 2.0 kiloparsecs or 6,500 light years from Earth. The Crab Nebula has a diameter of 3.4 parsecs (11 ly), corresponding to an apparent diameter of some 7 arcminutes, and is expanding at a rate of about 1,500 kilometres per second (930 mi/s), or 0.5% of the speed of light, according to mainstream scientists. Scientists today confirm that the Crab Nebula exploded in 1054 A.D. If a star can explode in such a recent time frame as a few centuries and create a supernova, this phenomena gives stronger evidence for the creationist model for the young universe. Scientists are currently observing new supernova explosions today.
In addition to the small of number of supernova remnants observed compared to the number predicted by mainstream astronomers, the size and rate of expansion of supernovas also gives strong evidence of their youth. The few supernovas that have been observed are only a few thousand years old according to the creationist model, while evolutionists claim that supernovas should be observable for millions of years. The fact that a supernova can begin in a few seconds and reach full size in just 300 years also gives evidence for youth and not timescales in the billions of years. The process of a supernova also gives another reminder of a "cursed universe" as God originally created the universe "very good" but because of the disobedience of man the whole universe was cursed and irregularities such as supernovas occur.
Davies, K. 1994. “Distribution of Supernova Remnants in the Galaxy.” In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Creationism. Edited by R. E. Walsh, 175–184. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Creation Science Fellowship.
Astronomers have observed that there are few supernova remnants in our galaxy, that is too few to accommodate the proposed 15 billion year evolutionist time scale. A supernova remnant is believed to be the expanding heated gases left over from the outer shell of a massive star that became a supernova, which is a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness as a result of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass. When a star runs out of nuclear fuel, it collapses on itself in seconds, creating a strong, bright explosion. Some supernova remnants have been observed by the naked eye on Earth. If the Milky Way Galaxy is billions of years old as the evolutionists claim, we should observe more supernova remnants than astronomers have currently. Mainstream astronomers predict that we should observe over 7,200 supernova remnants in a 15 billion year time scale, however the actual number observed is just over 200. The evolutionists have no answer or rescuing device for this lack of supernova remnants. Therefore, the lack of supernova remnants observed in the Milky Way Galaxy is strong evidence for the creationist time scale within 6,000 years.
More recently, scientists have claimed that older supernova remnants have been identified that are older than 6,000 years and some creationists have stopped using the supernova remnant concept to support a young universe. However, some creationists say that mainstream scientists have falsely identified the ages of the supernova remnants and that the supernova remnants can be identified within the creationist young universe timeline. There are many explanations for the age of supernova remnants that can fit within the young universe model. The issue of the age of supernova remnants is also similar to the issue of the starlight-time issue, which has been mentioned as a problem for the creationist model by the mainstream scientific community. However, just as there are creationist explanations for the starlight-time phenomena that fit within the young universe model, the same explanations can be used to explain the age of supernova remnants within a young universe model without the need for millions or billions of years. The speed of light is a key concept in the debate over the ages of stars and supernova remnants, and creationists believe that the speed of light can vary under certain conditions. Also, the concept of the heavens being "stretched out" as mentioned in more than a dozen Biblical scriptural verses is also a key concept in the debate.
Despite nebulae and supernova remnants that mainstream scientists identify as millions and billions of years old, one particular supernova remnant has been observed within historical times. The Crab Nebula was first observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 and was the first astronomical object identified with a historical supernova explosion. Today, the Crab Nebula cannot be observed with the naked eye but can be seen with binoculars. The nebula exists within the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy at a distance of about 2.0 kiloparsecs or 6,500 light years from Earth. The Crab Nebula has a diameter of 3.4 parsecs (11 ly), corresponding to an apparent diameter of some 7 arcminutes, and is expanding at a rate of about 1,500 kilometres per second (930 mi/s), or 0.5% of the speed of light, according to mainstream scientists. Scientists today confirm that the Crab Nebula exploded in 1054 A.D. If a star can explode in such a recent time frame as a few centuries and create a supernova, this phenomena gives stronger evidence for the creationist model for the young universe. Scientists are currently observing new supernova explosions today.
In addition to the small of number of supernova remnants observed compared to the number predicted by mainstream astronomers, the size and rate of expansion of supernovas also gives strong evidence of their youth. The few supernovas that have been observed are only a few thousand years old according to the creationist model, while evolutionists claim that supernovas should be observable for millions of years. The fact that a supernova can begin in a few seconds and reach full size in just 300 years also gives evidence for youth and not timescales in the billions of years. The process of a supernova also gives another reminder of a "cursed universe" as God originally created the universe "very good" but because of the disobedience of man the whole universe was cursed and irregularities such as supernovas occur.
Davies, K. 1994. “Distribution of Supernova Remnants in the Galaxy.” In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Creationism. Edited by R. E. Walsh, 175–184. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Creation Science Fellowship.
