rs, Creation 33(1):45–47, 2011. Return to text.
- As the star moves slightly toward and then away from an observer on Earth, the light waves coming from the star will look alternatively a little bluer, a little redder, a little bluer, etc. Researchers look for these changes, called a Doppler shift, in the spectrum of the star. From these they calculate the planet’s period of orbit and its distance from its star. Return to text.
- As the larger the planet the more the “pull”, this method applies particularly to finding extrasolar planets the size of our gas giants or larger. Return to text.
- Lissauer, J.J., Nature 398(6729):659–660, April 22, 1999. Return to text.
- This shows that stories about manned space exploration to other stars (as well as inter-galactic warfare) are science fiction. Gitt, W., God and the extra-terrestrials, Creation 19(4):46–48, 1997. Also Bates, G., Did God create life on other planets? Creation 29(2):12–15, March 2007; creation.com/lifefromplanets. Return to text.
- New Scientist 165(2221):19, January 15, 2000. Return to text.
- Sarfati, J., Panspermia theory burned to a crisp:bacteria couldn’t survive on meteorite, creation.com/panspermia, 10 October 2008. Return to text.
- We are not here discussing angelic or demonic life. Note that Romans 8:22 says that “the whole creation” was cursed as a result of Adam’s rebellion. 2 Peter 3:12 speaks of the heavens being destroyed by fire, as the very elements dissolve in fiery heat, and Revelation 6:14 indicates that the cosmos will be rolled up like a scroll, before the restoration of all things. Werner Gitt writes: “[W]hy would a race of beings, not of Adam’s (sinful) seed, have their part of creation affected by the Curse, and then be part of the restoration brought about by Christ, the last Adam? All of this would seem exceedingly strange.” (Ref. 18). For those who speculate about Jesus dying on other worlds to redeem those from alien civilizations, note that the redeemed of Earth are spoken of as Christ’s bride, for all eternity. Christ will not have multiple brides. Return to text.
- Interview on Radio 2GB, Sydney, Australia, Feb. 1, 1996, reported in Creation 18(3):7, 1996. Return to text.
- As a result of “NASA administrator Dan Goldin’s desire to make the search for extraterrestrial life one of the central themes for his agency”, Nature 404(6779):700, April 13, 2000. Return to text.
- Boyd, R., “Sorry, but we are alone”, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Australia, April 14, 2000, p. 10. Return to text.
- See Bates, G., Did God create life on other planets? Otherwise why is the universe so big? Creation 29(2):12–15, 2007; creation.com/did-god-create-life-on other-planets; and his book Alien Intrusion: UFOs and the evolution connection, CBP, 2005. Return to text.
- See Sarfati, J., By Design: Evidence for Nature’s Intelligent Designer—the God of the Bible, CBP, 2008 (available from addresses on p. 2); creation.com/origin. Return to text.
- The mass increase is given by the Lorentz Factor γ = 1/√(1-v²/c²), where v is the relative velocity between the aether and the object, and c is the speed of light. This is only about 2 at 90%c, 7 at 99%c, 22 at 99.9%c, but quickly approaches infinity as v approaches c. Return to text.
- Wikipedia, an OK source for non-controversial things but unreliable for conservative or Christian topics, says, “In 2008, total worldwide energy consumption was 474 exajoules (474×1018 J) with 80 to 90 percent derived from the combustion of fossil fuels.” Return to text.
- The mass of a hydrogen atom, and thus an anti-hydrogen atom, is 1.66 × 10−27 kg Return to text.
- A snowflake has a mass of about 3 mg, so its kinetic energy, again by E = ½mv², is ½ × 3 × 10–6 kg × (108 m/s)² = 1.5 × 1010 J. A gram of TNT releases 980–1100 calories upon explosion, but this was standardized to 1000 cal exactly = 4.184 kilojoules. So a ton(ne) (106 g) of TNT is standardized to 4.184 × 109 J, meaning that the impact would be 3.6 tons. Return to text.
- E = ½mv², is ½ × 1 kg × (108 m/s)² = 5 × 1015 J; a megaton of TNT is 4.184 × 1015 J. Return to text