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The so-called "'''starlight problem'''", or "'''starlight travel-time problem'''" is an apparent problem for the [[Young Earth Creationism|young-Earth creationist]] argument that the universe is only 6,000 years old, which age is based primarily on the [[Genesis]] narrative.

The so-called "'''starlight problem'''", or "'''starlight travel-time problem'''" is an apparent problem for the [[Young Earth Creationism|young-Earth creationist]] argument that the universe is only 6,000 years old, which age is based primarily on the [[Genesis]] narrative.

The problem is that if the universe is only 6,000 years old, there has not been enough time for light from stars in the distant reaches of the universe to reach Earth.

The problem is that if the universe is only 6,000 years old, one has to explain how light from stars more than 6,000 light years from Earth has reached us in the time available.

However, light travel time is also a problem for the [[Big Bang theory]].

Despite this frequently being put as an argument against young-Earth creationism, light travel time is also a problem for the [[Big Bang theory]].

 

Creationist have proposed a number of solutions, with the currently-favoured solutions involving time dilation, in which time passed faster on Earth than in other parts of the universe.

== The size of the universe ==

== The size of the universe ==