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==Age of the Milky Way==

==Age of the Milky Way==

Scientists who do not believe in a recent creation have used space-based observations of the [[Cosmic microwave background| microwave background radiation]], and interpreted the results to imply that the first stars were formed 200 million years after the [[Big Bang]], and that the Milky Way was among the first galaxies in the early universe with an estimated age of 13.6 billion ±800 million years, using this model.  This estimate was calculated by measuring the amount of [[beryllium]] in two stars within the cluster NGC 6397,<ref>http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0411699</ref> which they estimated as 13.4 billion years, using their theories of the formation of the element. Using the estimated time it took for earlier stars to form and exploded, adding beryllium to the interstellar medium, allowing for the type of stars found in NGC 6397 to form, approximately some 200 million years, they calculated the 13.6 billion year age for the galaxy.<ref>http://www.universetoday.com/2004/08/22/estimating-the-age-of-the-milky-way/</ref>. 

===Secular and Old Earth Creationist Point of View===

[[Creation science|Many other scientists]] disagree and highlight the many problems with this model<ref>http://www.pathlights.com/ce_encyclopedia/Encyclopedia/03-ss5.htm</ref>.  Current models of galactic formation in big bang theory cannot explain observed galactic phenomenon<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v26/i3/galaxies.asp</ref>, and the cosmic microwave background, hailed as proof of the big bang and used to calculate the age of the Milky Way, has proven to be something else entirely<ref>http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Big_Bang_Afterglow_Fails_An_Intergalactic_Shadow_Test_999.html</ref>.

With the use of space-based observations of the [[Cosmic microwave background| microwave background radiation]], scientists estimate that the first stars were formed some 200 million years after the [[Big Bang]], and that the Milky Way were among one of the first galaxies in the early universe with an estimated age of 13.6 billion ±800 million years.  This estimate was calculated by measuring the amount of [[beryllium]] in two stars within the cluster NGC 6397.<ref>http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0411699</ref> The two stars were found to be 13.4 billion years old.  Using the estimated time it took for earlier stars to form and exploded, adding Beryllium to the interstellar medium, allowing for the type of stars found in NGC 6397 to form, approximately some 200 million years, they calculated the 13.6 billion year age for the galaxy.<ref>http://www.universetoday.com/2004/08/22/estimating-the-age-of-the-milky-way/</ref>.

 

==Structure of the Milky Way==

==Structure of the Milky Way==