Galaxy Design
Earth-Sized Planets May Be Common Throughout Our Galaxy, NASA Survey Suggests
Science Daily, "Earth-Sized Planets May Be Common Throughout Our Galaxy, NASA, Survey Suggests," October 29, 2010, ; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101028141430.htm more
QUaD Confirms Biblical Creation Model
Data collected by a team of 31 astronomers known as the QUaD Collaboration has strengthened the biblically predicted big bang creation model.1 QUaD is an acronym for QUEST at DASI. It’s a … more
Results from Two Research Teams Improve Direct Distance Measurements and Strengthen the Creation Model, Part 2 (of 2)
As discussed last week, direct distance measurements to objects and locations in the cosmos not only helps us better understand the universe, they also produce evidence for the biblically predicted … more
Results from Two Research Teams Improve Direct Distance Measurements and Strengthen the Creation Model, Part 1 (of 2)
Recent work by two different teams of astronomers—one headed up by Mayumi Sato of the University of Tokyo and the other by James Braatz of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory—places … more
Milky Way: Just-Right Explosion Rate
Massive thunderstorms; earth-shattering quakes; climate-altering volcanic eruptions. Such extreme conditions on Earth seem like cap gun shots compared to what regularly happens in the vast reaches of … more
Direct Distance Measurements to Center of the Milky Way
A team of four astronomers from the United States, Germany, and China have placed the biblically predicted big bang creation model1 on a more secure footing by producing the first-ever direct distance … more
Cosmic-Ray Source Discovered
In 1912, Victor Hess confirmed that a steady stream of energetic cosmic rays bombard the top of Earth’s atmosphere. Nearly 100 years later, a team of scientists uncovered one of the prime … more
More Accurate Measures of Creation: Shoring Up the Distance Ladder Method
Opponents of the big bang creation model, both atheists and young-earth creationists, often attempt to blow past it by picking apart the least understood and least well-determined components of the … more
Warning! Supernova Explosion Imminent
Imagine a supernova exploding in our galaxy. In fact, a number have. One of the most recent occurred in 1054 AD in the constellation Taurus. Known today as the Crab Nebula, the object was so bright it … more
Luminous Nearby Galaxy Looks Like Milky Way Twin
Source: Fox News, "Luminous Nearby Galaxy Looks Like Milky Way Twin," September 2, 2009 ; http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,545603,00.html/ more
A Long Time Ago in Our Very Own Galaxy...
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Measuring the Taurus Star Association Helps Astronomers Understand the Milky Way
Opponents of the big bang creation model attempt to blow past the overwhelming physical evidence in favor of this biblically predicted model1 by picking apart the least understood components of the … more
A Superior Milky Way Galaxy Map
A better understanding of how our galaxy looks promises to deliver a test for a component of RTB's creation model.
Astronomers already recognize that many different features of a galaxy must be … more
How many licks does it take to get to the center of the Milky Way
Where's the center of our universe? Is our universe part of a multiverse? Are dating methods reliable? RTB's view of Answers in Genesis. more
Galactic and solar system tests
Episode 8 of the More Than a Theory Podcast more
Galaxy has 'billions' of Earths'
Source: Yahoo! News, "Galaxy has 'billions' of Earths'"; February 15, 2009; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7891132.stm more
Solar System’s Extraordinary Birth Environment
One of the most extraordinary features of the solar system is that it contains adequate abundances of all the elements essential for advanced life. What makes it so exceptional is that the elements … more
Milky Way - the galaxy - not snack sized anymore
Source: Yahoo! News, "Milky Way - the galaxy - not snack sized anymore," by Seth Borenstein, January 6, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_sc/sci_milky_way_7 more
Galaxy Clusters Confirm Dark Energy
Growing up in the Midwest, I shoveled snow to earn spending money. The rate at which I cleared a sidewalk depended on two factors: how quickly I shoveled and how rapidly the snow fell. In fact, … more
A Dark Galaxy: Finding the "Missing" Dark Stuff
Many independent sets of observations confirm that only about six percent of all the ordinary matter (neutrons and protons) in the universe is made up of stars and stellar remnants.1The other 94 … more
