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A Proposal for a New Solution to the Light Travel Time Problem

Faulkner, Danny R. (2013) A Proposal for a New Solution to the Light Travel Time Problem. Answers Research Journal, 6: 18. pp. 279-284. ISSN 1937-9056

Abstract

I identify a little-noticed issue in the normal formulation of the light travel time problem. In addition, I lay groundwork for the beginning of a new solution to the problem. This solution invokes similarity between creative acts of Day Four and other days of the Creation Week, but especially Day Three. The Day Three account suggests unusually fast growth for plants. In similar fashion, this possible new solution suggests unusually fast propagation of light on Day Four, probably by rapid expansion of space. This is an appeal to a miraculous event rather than a physical process to get distant starlight to the earth. It is not yet clear whether this suggestion could have testable predictions. If this is the correct way to look at the problem, it may be that we are seeing much of the universe in something close to real time. I briefly compare this possible solution to the light travel time to other previously published proposals.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science (General) > QB Astronomy > QB495 Descriptive astronomy > QB495.2 Stars. Stellar Evolution. Distant Starlight
Q Science (General) > QC Physics > QC350 Optics. Light
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2026 23:46
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2026 23:46
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1854

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