[RadioAstronomer]

Both the universe and the Earth have been around a long time. Here are a selection of links you may want to read showing this:

CMB:

The Cosmic Microwave Background

The Physics of Microwave Background Anisotropies

The Cosmic Microwave Background

Lyman alpha forest:

Lyman Alpha Forest

Gravitational lensing:

Gravitational Lensing

Boomerang data:

Boomerang Collaboration

Boomerang Data, Analyzed at NERSC, Reveals Flat Universe

Nuclear decay and half-life:

Radioactive Half-Life

Phylogeny:

Phylogeny of Life

The Tree of Life Web Project

Geological column:

Geological Time Machine

Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and stellar evolution:

Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

Gene Smith's Astronomy Tutorial

Galactic formation:

Galaxy Formation and the Intergalactic Medium Research Group

Stellar nurseries:

Introduction to Starbirth

Earth/ Moon tides and lunar recession:

The Recession of the Moon and the Age of the Earth-Moon System

Dating rocks:

Dating rocks by radioactive decay

Continental drift:

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Galactic rotation:

Galactic Structure, Galactic Rotation Curve and Measurements on the M31 galaxy

Colliding galaxies:

Colliding Galaxies

Supernova and SN1987A:

The Distance to Supernova SN1987A and the Speed of Light

Population I and Population II type stars:

Stellar Populations

Stellar population (Answers.com)

Fine-structure constant:

Introduction to the constants for nonexperts

Galaxy observations show no change in fundamental physical constant

And lastly here is a good overall site:

Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial.

[mlc9852]

I am still not descended from a monkey.

[RightWingAtheist]

Great links. Thank you!