The Dance of the Fertile Universe George V. Coyne, S.J. Vatican Observatory Chance and Destiny Embrace.

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The Dance of the Fertile Universe George V. Coyne, S.J. Vatican Observatory Chance and Destiny Embrace

Chance or necessity: God?

The Universe is Fertile Because It is old: 13.7 billion years It contains 10 thousand billion billion stars

From the Big Bang

Hubble Ultra Deep Field Irregular Galaxy Elliptical Galaxy Spiral Galaxy

M31

If we could view the Milky Way from above the disk, we would see its spiral arms

We see our galaxy edge-on Primary features: disk, bulge, halo, globular clusters

Milky Way in IR

MW Sagittarius 2

N.American Nebula

HST View of Orion

Orion 2

Clouds and Fragments

Tyffid Nebula

A peaceful death …

An eruptive death …

Crab Neb

Veil Neb

Solar System

Our Earth

Self-Conscious Universe

Holmes & Watson A Camping Trip

Holmes - Watson

Age - Distance

A CALENDAR OF THE EVOLVING UNIVERSE [Suppose we make the 13.7 billion year old universe have the age of one earth year; then] 1 January: The Big Bang 7 February: The Milky Way is born 14 August: The Earth is born 4 September: First life on the Earth 15 December: The Cambrian Explosion 25 December: The dinosaurs appear 30 December: Extinction of the dinosaurs

A CALENDAR OF THE EVOLVING UNIVERSE [Suppose we make the 13.7 billion year old universe have the age of one earth year; then] 31 December: at 7:00:00 pm: First hominids at 11:58:00 pm: First humans at 11:59:30 pm: Age of Agriculture 47 pm: The pyramids 58 pm: Jesus Christ is born 59 pm: Galileo is born at 12 midnight: today

Age - Distance

Size - Mass

Brain Development

Evolutionary tree

Tree – leaves/trunk

Bacteria

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