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Type Ia Supernova

August 1, 2003
By Dr. Hugh Ross

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Astronomers found that the density of the circumstellar medium determines whether or not a white dwarf star will accrete enough matter from a red giant partner star to become a type Ia supernova. Since the number density of type Ia supernovae is critical for life, the average circumstellar medium density for white dwarf red giant pairs is evidence for divine design.

Mario Hamuy, “An Asymptotic-Giant-Branch Star in the Progenitor System of a Type Ia Supernova,” Nature, 424 (2003), pp. 651-654; Eddie Baron, “An Elementary Puzzle,” Nature, 424 (2003), pp. 628-629.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12904786

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v424/n6949/full/424628a.html

     

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Dr. Hugh Ross

Reasons to Believe emerged from my passion to research, develop, and proclaim the most powerful new reasons to believe in Christ as Creator, Lord, and Savior and to use those new reasons to reach people for Christ. Read more about Dr. Hugh Ross.