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Ancient Star Found, Estimated at 13.2 Billion Years Old
raguirre writes "An article on Physorg.org reports that a newly found star may be as old as the universe itself. Recent studies have concluded that the Big Bang occurred somewhere in the neighborhood of 13.7 Billion years ago. The star, a heavy-elements laden fossil labeled HE 1523-0901 on charts was probably born right around the same time; approximately 13.2 Billion years ago. 'Today, astronomer Anna Frebel of the the University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory and her colleagues have deduced the star's age based on the amounts of radioactive elements it contains compared to certain other "anchor" elements, specifically europium, osmium and iridium.'"
Of course, according to some pastors, that star is only a few thousand years old. It barely predates The Flood.
--saint
Recent studies have concluded that the Big Bang occurred somewhere in the neighborhood of 13.7 Billion years ago. The star, a heavy-elements laden fossil labeled HE 1523-0901 on charts was probably born right around the same time; approximately 13.2 Billion years ago.
Since when was "right around the same time" the same thing as "500 million years later" ?
"a newly found start may be as old as the universe itself"
Well, that's why they call it a 'start' isn't it?
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Isn't everything as old as the universe; it just all shifted into different forms? (Like planet Earth)
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With all these stars turning up that are considerably older then, what is it, 6000 years, they'll probably start foaming at the mouth. I wish I knew one nowadays so I could show them this article and watch the mental gymnastics as they sought to refute it.
ah yes, the funs.
Took 500 million years. So we should be able to work out how long God's days are!!!!
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Did someone dig up Bob Hope again?
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people
I performed your experiment and discovered the answer to the question of whether the universe will continue to expand indefinitely, or one day begin collapsing inward. I solemnly report the existence of a unimaginably horrible third alternative, one that even at this relatively minor scale caused the cat to jump three feet in the air.
how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
Dude, that's like, so deep man.
I have repeated your experiment and regret to say that I was unable to reproduce your results. Since a cat could not be located for this experiment, no cat jumped in the air therefor the universe will not end in such a horrible manner therefor we can all resume believing that everything will be hunky dory. Please forget what you saw. Thank you.
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you raise an interesting conundrum, my friend. Is there a cat outside the universe, or is there not? If there is, then it dies of fright. Otherwise, it does not die at all. We might even say the cat is both dead and not dead, AT THE SAME TIME. One might even refer to this theory as a kind of "Uncertainty Principle". That name's not taken yet, is it?
how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
Well, it didn't sound so much like a rip as like a bang. One could even call it a "Big Bang" theory. I think I'll go put the theory on Wikipedia before someone else steals the name.
how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
An ancient sun.
An alien with a secret.
An astronomer with a past.
A galaxy thorn asunder.
An astronaut on the edge.
A hidden moon.
A mythical planet.
An ancient.. mythical.. secret.. planet sun guy.
And a flaming chicken.
In 2009, none of these things, happen in ATHF 2.
Except the flaming chicken.