Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky proclaims its builder's craft

From here:

The long tail of ejected material is incredible — it's 13 light years long! It has taken Mira 30,000 years to move this distance, which means that the material in the left hand side of the tail was ejected 30 millennia ago.
As LittleFoxling has suggested, what it should say instead is this:

The long tail of ejected material is incredible — it's 13 light years long! At it's current speed, it would taken Mira 30,000 years to move this distance, which means that the material in the left hand side of the tail was all created by God 5767 years ago to trick you into thinking that the star had actualy been moving for 30,000 years.

[Hat tip for the link on request]

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