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Interstellar Gas

Detailed analyses indicate that neither stars nor planets could form
from interstellar gas clouds (a). To do so, either by first forming
dust particles (b) or by direct gravitational collapse of the gas(c),
would require vastly more time than the alleged age of the universe.
An obvious alternative is that stars and planets were created.

a. "The process by which an interstellar cloud is concentrated until
it is held together gravitationally to become a protostar is not
known. In quantitative work, it has simply been assumed that the
number of atoms per cm^3 has somehow increased about a thousand-fold
over that in a dense nebula. The two principal factors inhibiting the
formation of a protostar are that the gas has a tendency to disperse
before the density becomes high enough for self-gravitation to be
effective, and that any initial angular momentum would cause
excessively rapid rotation as the material contracts. Some mechanism
must therefore be provided for gathering the material into a
sufficiently small volume that self-gravitation may become effective,
and the angular momentum must in some way be removed." Eva Novotny,
Introduction to Stellar Atmospheres and Interiors (New York: Oxford
University Press, 1973), pp. 279-280.

b. Martin Harwit, Astrophysical Concepts (New York: John Wiley & Sons,
1973), p. 394.

"... there is no reasonable astronomical scenario in which mineral
grains can condense." Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe, "Where
Microbes Boldly Went," New Scientist, Vol. 91, 13 August 1981, p.
413.

c. "Contemporary opinion on star formation holds that objects called
protostars are formed as condensations from the interstellar gas. This
condensation process is very difficult theoretically, and no essential
theoretical understanding can be claimed; in fact, some theoretical
evidence argues strongly against the possibility of star formation.
However, we know that the stars exist, and we must do our best to
account for them." John C. Brandt, The Physics and Astronomy of the
Sun and Stars (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966), p. 111.

Theories for the Evolution of the Solar System and Universe Are
Unscientific and Hopelessly Inadequate

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