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==Age of the Milky Way==

==Age of the Milky Way==

[[Creation science|Many scientists]] emphasize difficulties with the "big bang" 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> (literate people would say phenomena), 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>.  Of course, one must consider the source of this entirely unproven assertion.

[[Creation science|Many scientists]] emphasize difficulties with the "big bang" 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>.

The number of supernova remnants in the Milky Way galaxy is consistent with a galaxy which is 7000 years old, not billions of years,<ref>Davies, Keith. ''Distribution of supernova remnants in the galaxy.'' Creation Discovery Project, 1994</ref> according to a self-serving report with no support whatever in the scientific community.

The number of supernova remnants in the Milky Way galaxy is consistent with a galaxy which is 7000 years old, not billions of years.<ref>Davies, Keith. ''Distribution of supernova remnants in the galaxy.'' Creation Discovery Project, 1994</ref>.

==Structure of the Milky Way==

==Structure of the Milky Way==

In the center of the core of the galaxy is a large, complex radio source known as '''Sagittarius A''' that is invisible in normal light due to interstellar dust.  Here a [[supernova]] remnant exists along with a region of ionized [[hydrogen]].  Towards the center of this complex is '''Sagittarius A*''', the source of the radio waves and is the location of a supermassive black hole.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7774287.stm</ref> <ref>http://cass.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html</ref> The black hole itself isn't the source of the radio waves, but the large accretion disk around it.

In the center of the core of the galaxy is a large, complex radio source known as '''Sagittarius A''' that is invisible in normal light due to interstellar dust.  Here a [[supernova]] remnant exists along with a region of ionized [[hydrogen]].  Towards the center of this complex is '''Sagittarius A*''', the source of the radio waves and is the location of a supermassive black hole.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7774287.stm</ref> <ref>http://cass.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html</ref> The black hole itself isn't the source of the radio waves, but the large accretion disk around it.

There appears to be no star formation currently in the core of the galaxy, which consists of mostly red stars and [[globular cluster|globular clusters]].  This is incorrect.  However, there is a cluster of 100-200 very young stars.  It is possible they are from a star cluster outside the galactic core and migrated inward over time and now orbit near Sagittarius A*.<ref>http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghezgroup/gc/publications/yso.shtml</ref>  They are sometimes collectively referred to as the '''paradox of youth''' as the presence of the supermassive black hole is thought to normally disrupt any star formation.  The area immediately surrounding the core of the galaxy though, known as the "'''5-kpc ring'''" to people with absolutely no comprehension of scale in the galaxy (since 5 kpc is 10-100,000 times larger than the scales of interest in the galactic center), holds a large percentage of both the galaxy's molecular hydrogen and current star formation.<ref>http://www.bu.edu/galacticring/new_introduction.htm</ref>

There appears to be no star formation currently in the core of the galaxy, which consists of mostly red stars and [[globular cluster|globular clusters]].  However, there is a cluster of 100-200 very young stars.  It is possible they are from a star cluster outside the galactic core and migrated inward over time and now orbit near Sagittarius A*.<ref>http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghezgroup/gc/publications/yso.shtml</ref>  They are sometimes collectively referred to as the '''paradox of youth''' as the presence of the supermassive black hole is thought to normally disrupt any star formation.  The area immediately surrounding the core of the galaxy though, known as the "'''5-kpc ring'''", holds a large percentage of both the galaxy's molecular hydrogen and current star formation.<ref>http://www.bu.edu/galacticring/new_introduction.htm</ref>

===Disk===

===Disk===