New Estimate: Universe Two Billion Years Younger

Big Bang scientists recently used a new method to estimate the universe’s age. This method yields an age estimate that could be over two billion years younger than their current age estimate of 13.8 billion years.1,2 However, this new method has large uncertainties, so not too much can be made of this result.


Moon Is Unexpectedly Still Cooling and Shrinking

Scientists have concluded that our moon is probably still in the process of slightly shrinking as it cools.1,2


First Ever Photo of a Black Hole


Meteorite Impact Observed During Lunar Eclipse


Intermediate Gas Giants Challenge Planet Formation Theory

The recent discovery of thirty new exoplanets in other solar systems presents another challenge to the most popular secular theory of planet formation.1,2 These exoplanets are smaller versions of our gas giant Saturn. A recent survey shows that these intermediate gas giants are ten times more common than predicted by the secular theory.3
 

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