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Astronomical ReflectionsFor aYoung UniverseGalaxiesIf spiral galaxies were billions of years old, the arms extendingfrom their centers would have completely closed, causing thegalaxiestolosetheirunique,spiralshape.Egyptian hieroglyphsfrom 2000 B.C. describedSiriusasred.Cicero, in 50 B.C., StatedSirius was red.Seneca described Sirius asbeing redder than Mars.Ptolemy listed Sirius as oneof the six red stars in 150A.D.Today it is awhite starbinary.Textbooks say it should takebillions of years for this tohappen.— It’s aYoung World, PaulAckerman“In the beginning, Godcreated the heaven and theearth.”—Genesis1:1Red GiantsEvolutioniststeachthatredgiantstarschangeintowhitedwarfstars over millions of years; yet Sirius is an example of ared starbecomingwhitewithinthepast2,000years. AncientastronomersrecordedthatSiriusglowedredinthesky,yetnowitiscategorizedas white. Obviously, the evolutionists’ opinions of the length oftimetochangearedgiantstarintoawhitedwarfstarareincorrect.Jupiter and SaturnThesetwoplanetsradiatemoreheatthantheyreceivefromthesun. If they were billions of years old, both planets would havereached equilibrium and no longer be able to lose more heat thantheyreceive.29Creation Science Evangelism •29 Cummings Road •Pensacola, Florida 32503