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Leading Theory of Solar System's Formation Just Disproven (forbes.com)
StartsWithABang writes: In 2005, scientists put forth the Nice Model to explain the configuration of the Solar System's planets. It was thought that the outer planets, Jupiter in particular, migrated through the inner Solar System, and were then pulled back out by the presence of the outer giants, causing the late heavy bombardment of the terrestrial planets as it crossed the asteroid belt. But not only are extra gas giants that have since been ejected required to explain the outer worlds, but the migration would have ejected the inner, terrestrial worlds, indicating that the rocky planets finished forming after the gas giants were already in place. R.I.P., Nice Model: 2005-2015.
"So a model gets discarded because it won't work. Nothing to see here."
Fortunately, this model is in a discipline which has not gone political. We can make changes to it without holding any Maoist show trials where researchers get called "deniers."
I don't know about that. The status of Pluto seems/ed to be pretty political.
How does this affect or is affected by our estimates of the age of the Sun and Solar System?
As far as I understand, the best guide we have of the age of the Solar System is rocks on Earth used to estimate the age of Earth.
How much extra time would be required for this supposed possibility of the inner planets forming after the gas giants sweeping in and back out?
What tests could be done with rocks from Callisto or Ganymede to constrain the age of the Solar System?
"The problem" started when people began to question His writings and opted to not circumcise their sons.
Science is a great thing, but God trickles out knowledge to us bit by bit to help us grow as his children. Unfortunately some people think Science is the be-all-end-all and ignore Him. That is why we have earthquakes, AIDS, and terrorists.
Trolling is a art,
The five senses we humans possess are those which allowed us to adapt to our environment and live in it; there is no reason for me to believe they are sufficient to explain our universe.
That is, if we are smart enough in the first place, which is very, very doubtful.
I would add to Socrates' famous quotation, "All I know is I know nothing," the phrase, "and I can't even be sure of that."