tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post6719270665985928524..comments2024-03-27T19:47:13.475-07:00Comments on Dark Buzz: Nearby star is oldest in the universeRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474078324293158376noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-87869033927846662812014-02-23T21:43:25.429-08:002014-02-23T21:43:25.429-08:00"...which formed shortly after the Big Bang 1..."...which formed shortly after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago."<br />I am waiting with baited breath for the day they start discovering the universe did not begin 13.7 billion years ago, on a Tuesday at 7:00am. While I understand scientists do not want anything to do with un-scientific creationism stories, the very least they could do is stop pretending they know how and when the universe came about, or if it even did come about. Anthropic principals and multiverses are making science look more ridiculous than mythology at this point. What is going to happen to all those precious sheep skins hanging on the walls of academia when they start finding objects older than 13.7 billion years old? As it is, Big Bang speculation gets more absurd with each passing year as they try to squish ever larger observable stellar and galactic formations into an ever narrowing slice of calculated formation time in order to match up with what we can directly observe. We can't account for over ninety eight percent of the known universe's mass without fudging with magical missing substances, but science is qualified to say they know how and when the whole shebang started? Please.<br /> I might also bring in a tad of statistics. If a star truly this old was found this close to us in the Milky Way, it can hardly be rare, unless there is going to be some special significance assigned to where we just happen to be observing from. CFTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-87116062733090739772014-02-22T21:27:47.179-08:002014-02-22T21:27:47.179-08:00It may be that the star was formed elsewhere earli...It may be that the star was formed elsewhere earlier and just ended up in our Galaxy, due to gravitational pull. It's likely the case also with that other very old star that is linked to in the same article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-72466570681645699392014-02-21T12:26:48.683-08:002014-02-21T12:26:48.683-08:00It is unlikely that the oldest star in the univers...It is unlikely that the oldest star in the universe is in our galaxy, but not unlikely that the oldest star we've found is here because it is our neighborhood. It is difficult to study individual stars in other galaxies other than those close by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-17165871116702425782014-02-21T12:15:28.497-08:002014-02-21T12:15:28.497-08:00Good point. I did not think of that.Good point. I did not think of that.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474078324293158376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-53792343567176360852014-02-21T11:09:33.519-08:002014-02-21T11:09:33.519-08:00Around 6,000 light years away? Sounds just about r...Around 6,000 light years away? Sounds just about right, since the universe is only 5774 years old according to the Bible.Craignoreply@blogger.com