LISTENING WITH ONE HEART THE EVOLVING UNIVERSE IN WHICH WE ARE CO-CREATORS George V. Coyne, S.J. Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY, USA.

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LISTENING WITH ONE HEART THE EVOLVING UNIVERSE IN WHICH WE ARE CO-CREATORS George V. Coyne, S.J. Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY, USA

Chance or necessity: God?

The Universe is Fertile Because It is old: 13.8 billion years It contains 10 thousand billion billion stars

From the Big Bang

Hubble Ultra Deep Field Irregular Galaxy Elliptical Galaxy Spiral Galaxy

M31

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

MW Sagittarius 2

HST View of Orion

Orion 2

Clouds and Fragments

Tyffid Nebula

Stars shine by making heavier elements

Making Heavy Elements In a Thermonuclear Furnace

Crab Neb

Veil Neb

Solar System

Our Earth

Self-Conscious Universe

A CALENDAR OF THE EVOLVING UNIVERSE [Suppose we make the 13.8 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 13.8 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

Brain Development

Tree – leaves/trunk

The “Bush” of Life From DNA Sequences (Mutations) We, ANIMALS, are a Small Branch At the Top Right

Chance or necessity: God?

Is God an engineer?

Figure 1.9

Self-Conscious Universe

Figure 1.9

Thank You