Evidences of a Young Universe

• Lack of Population II star supernova remnants (supernova are supposed basis for star formation)

• No Population III star supernova remnants

• Universe consists almost entirely of hydrogen

• Galaxies have not torn themselves apart

• Presence of spiral arms of the Galaxy

• Presence of short orbit comets

• No variation in thorium-neodymium ratio between youngest and oldest stars

• Presence of fragile ring structure of Saturn

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A supernova is the violent explosion of a star. Astronomical models can predict how many observable supernova of different stage stars should be seen. The chart at the end is taken from "Creation ex nihilo" magazine, June-August 1997, "Exploding Stars Point to a Young Universe".

Stars are continually changing hydrogen into helium, and hydrogen cannot be produced in any appreciable quantity though the breakdown of the other elements, yet the universe consists almost entirely of hydrogen, indicating a beginning of the universe not long ago (Fred Hoyle).

If galaxies are billions of years old, ortibal mechanics requires that the arms in spiral galaxies should be greatly distorted, but they are not (Walter Brown).

Measurements in the sun and other stars of the radioactive decay of thorium-232 into neodymium-142 (14 billion year half-life) show all the original thorium still there (M. Waldrop).