No, it is not satire. Indeed, the cosmic evos are being forced to consider what the creation cosmologists have been saying for decades.
I am guessing by evos, you mean evolutionists. I really think you are joking with us. Im a newbie and I actually laughed when I saw this article. I thought you forgot the Onion link.
I havent run across too many science articles yet, as I find some of that stuff interesting, but mostly stick on the political articles.But if this is a serious article, then there is a profound disconnect with what is science. Saying the earth was once a giant ball of water, like some sort of cosmic gigantic raindrop is absurdity. There is nothing in this article that proves creationism.