Researchers have calculated that the planet could have taken far longer to form following the birth of the solar system 4.567 billion years ago than scientists have previously believed...Further details at The Telegraph.
Scientists have in the past estimated that the Earth's development, a process known as accretion where gas, dust and other material clumped together to form the planet, happened over just 30 million years.
But the new research suggests this process may have taken up to 100 million years – more than three times longer than previous estimates...
“We estimate that makes it about 4.467 billion years old – a mere youngster compared with the 4.537 billion-year-old planet we had previously imagined.”
13 July 2010
Earth is not as old as we thought...
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Still a far cry from the 6000 years claimed by creationists. But I guess they'll just keep the title: "Scientists say the Earth is not as old as they thought! The Bible is correct! Hallelujah!"
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to believe that a man so intrigued and captivated by nature, butterflies, etc could NOT believe in intelligent design. It's ridiculous to me that the deep intricacy of our universe was created by dust/gas or a collision of masses, and these theories still don't explain how the particles of these entities were created from void in the first place. Maybe you do believe in intelligent design, just not from a creationist/biblical standpoint? Just sayin' and wondering. Not meaning to start an explosion of arguments. :-P
ReplyDelete"It's ridiculous to me that the deep intricacy of our universe was created by dust/gas or a collision of masses, and these theories still don't explain how the particles of these entities were created from void in the first place."
ReplyDeleteOne, evolution is about how systems change over time. It does not address origination and was never intended to. Two, if you would like to understand how evolution brought us to where we are now, I recommend "Why evolution is true" by Jerry A. Coyne. It's written for laymen and I found it very interesting.
Creationists are to people that believe in the Bible what suicide-bombers are to people of Islam. Creationists that spout 6 days for the Earth's creation are idiots and don't know the first thing about language.
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