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It was definitely a conundrum for scientists. Throughout the 19th century, evidence kept piling up from geology supporting longer and longer time periods for th

It was definitely a conundrum for scientists. Throughout the 19th century, evidence kept piling up from geology supporting longer and longer time periods for the age of the earth, but there was no known source of energy that could keep the sun burning for that much time.

Ididntdothis 7y ago
Sounds a little like Dark Matter and Dark Energy today. Lots of evidence for it but nobody knows what it is.
- hawkice 7y ago
  To be fair, the cosmological constant is a fair stab at a guess for dark energy. Like, space has an intrinsic property N that's allowed in the equations. That's a decently shaped guess.
  - Finnucane 7y ago
    Where does it say the government is limited to that?
_bxg1 7y ago
I wonder if anyone became worried that the sun could burn out at any time