An older astronomy article, but very interesting. Mira, a dying star, is hurtling through space at 291,000mph, with a comet-like tail that is 13 light-years long. How long is 13 light-years? Why, it’s “about 20,000 times the average distance of Pluto from the sun“.
Of course if you check any kind of news, you know new telescopes are finding exoplanets. There’s even crazier telescopes in the making, and I’m sure within the next few decades we’ll know which of those exoplanets contain life. I wonder, will it still be in bacterial form? Will we be able to see actual creatures? It’s all very exciting.
Have you ever heard the Christian anti-evolution argument about watches? The argument states a watch, with all of its gears and parts, is too complicated to self-assemble. There has to be a watchmaker. The world is also a complex place, so there must have been an earthmaker. You know, becuse the Earth is just like a watch. Of course the earth, with its living organisms, is nothing like a watch. The argument also points out that the earth is very unique that is contains life…these new telescopes are going to prove that “fact” is completely untrue.