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Starlight, Star Bright - Revisited
A couple of years ago I wrote an article (the full text is available on
the web site) on the question of how the Sun produces its energy and
presented the two most likely explanations, nuclear fusion or shrinkage.
Recent articles in both evolutionist and Creationist publications have
claimed that the answer is now known, that the answer is nuclear
fusion. An article in the Creationist magazine TJ Volume 16(3) 2002,
pp. 123-125, "'Missing' neutrinos found! No longer an 'age' indicator"
by Robert Newton claims that measurements at the Sudbury Neutrino
Observatory have settled the issue.
Without detailing the technical arguments involved with this question,
what is important to remember about these claims is that they are just
that, claims. The scientists involved in this investigation are
interpreting the data they have obtained. Even the Creationist author
of the article uses such words and phrases as; appears, are consistent
with and compelling support for. As with all true science these results
are tentative. So the question comes back to this, how does the Sun
produce its energy? The answer is nobody really knows. The new evidence
favors nuclear fusion, but later data may very well overturn these
interpretations.
