The Sun is shrinking.
A long time ago, it seemed natural enough to think that the Sun would continue shrinking as it used up whatever fuel it used and in a relatively short time it would shrink down to nothing.
We know today that the Sun is “nukier” and hence it’ll continue to shine for beellions and beellions of years to come.
But still, the Sun is shrinking. What’s up with that?
Creationists claim that because of the rate the Sun is shrinking, the solar system can’t be more than five to ten thousand years old, because otherwise again, the Sun will have shrunken down completely to nothing.
As it turns out, they’ve “misunderestimated” the Sun. The Sun has other talents they apparently are completely unaware of. The Sun doesn’t just shrink in embarrassment. It also expands with pride. As a matter of fact the Sun goes through cycles of shrinking and expanding over and over and over and has done so for beellions and beellions of years. So there’s no need to worry about having bought that Sundial for nothing and there’s no need to go out and buy that expensive tanning chamber. The Sun will be around for a long time.
Planet_G,
I assume you are being sarcastic in some way in your rambling posting, but in case you are in some way trying to defend the religious viewpoint, I would like to point out errors in your statement.
First for a star the size of our sun, the end will come gradually, as the nuclear fuel runs down, and the sun will expand slowly into a red giant swallowing the Earth and Mars as well. This will not happen for another 5 billion years or so, and it is unlikely there will be any humans left by then. There will not be any frantic pandemonium. The idea of a last particle of energy suddenly bringing darkness is nonsense.
Second, a lightyear is the distance travelled by light in a year, about 6 trillion miles. The distance fropm the sun to the earth is about 9 light minutes ! A considerably smaller distance. So even if the sun suddenly “died” (which as I pointed out above is nonsense), it would only take 9 minutes to discover this.
Lastly, as I pointed out above, the Earth will be incinerated by the expanding sun, long before the sun shrinks again, and goes cold, eventually leading to a big freeze. But the earth will be long vapourized before this freeze occurs.
So if you are a Christian trying to counter Capella’s essay with sarcasim, you had better get your physics straight.
Er…about the picture – is it just my imagination or is Jehovah wearing a pink gown? God a cross dresser – who’d have thunk it?
We have 5 billion years to evolve enough to seek out another viable galaxy-does anyone think this is possible?
Hello ….. hello is anyone out there in blogland,planet earth…? ( i feel so tiny )