[ealgeone]

The material that makes up the sun and the rest of the solar system came from the collapse of a large cloud of gas and dust about 4.5 billion years ago.

Where did all that stuff come from?

That is THE question.

[Texas Eagle]

How did they measure what a year was?

[Candor7]

This time frame supports Electric Universe Theory.

Or Terry Pratchett’s Ankhpomork is not far away.

[sevinufnine]

GM Mr. Badger :) I’m in better mood today, and if you have time this will answer all the questions about where!

http://www.originthefilm.com/

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Well, if it’s that quick in forming, we ought to be able to see it happening elsewhere in the galaxy, or in nearby galaxies.

[CodeToad]

Seems some “scientists” aren’t. Stars form new material all the time.

[Professional]

I’ll bet there was a society in the past that had enough of science and tossed every scientist they could find into a volcano.

[minnesota_bound]

In Star Trek there are aliens who build planets. They must do so much quicker : )