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The '''starlight problem''', or '''starlight travel-time problem''' is an objection against the [[Young Earth Creationism|young-Earth creationist]] argument that the universe is only 6,000 years old, in which the age of the universe is based primarily on the [[Genesis]] narrative.
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The '''starlight problem''', or '''starlight travel-time problem''' concerns the placement of stars at distances so far from Earth that starlight could not traverse that distance, at its current velocity, in less than the age of the universe.  Yet the light has reached Earth anyway.  This is a "problem" for an creation-based theory, including the [[Big Bang theory]].
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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.
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Despite this frequently being put as an argument against young-Earth creationism, light travel time is also a problem for the [[Big Bang theory]].
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Creationists have proposed a number of solutions. The currently-favoured solutions involve time dilation, in which time passed slower on Earth than in other parts of the universe.
   
[[image:Crab composite cx.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Crab nebula, a supernova remnant]]
 
[[image:Crab composite cx.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Crab nebula, a supernova remnant]]
  
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