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A '''galaxy''' is a massive ensemble of hundreds tens of millions to trillions of [[star]]s and some with associated [[planet]]sand planetary systems, all interacting through the [[gravity|gravitational force]], [[orbit]]ing around a common center.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Physical Science''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999, 2000</ref> The observable [[universe]] contains hundreds of millions billions of galaxies. Some scholars theorize that at the center of every galaxy lies a super massive [[black hole]]. The [[Sun]], the [[Earth]] and our [[Solar System]] are in the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.

== Young Earth Creationism View Age Dispute ==[[Young earth creationist scientist creationism|Many scientists]] assert that [[materialism|materialistic]] explanations of galaxy formation are unsupportable and counter evidence.<ref>http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/AstroPhysicalSciences22.html</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v26/i3/galaxies.asp</ref><ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5065</ref> <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v27/i1/galaxy.asp</ref> <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v25/i3/galaxies.asp</ref> In 1988, fifty cosmologists attended a conference which focused on galaxy formation. After summarizing the observational data, two of the most respected scientists estimated the probability that any existing theory on galaxy formation is correct was about 1 out of 100. <ref>http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/ReferencesandNotes61.html#wp1212721</ref> In 1999, J. Bland-Hawthorn wrote in the science journal [[Nature]] the following:

"In 1977, [[Stephen Weinberg]] observed that "the theory of the formation of galaxies is one of the great outstanding problems of astrophysics, a problem that today seems far from solution". Although the past two decades have seen considerable progress, many questions remain. " <ref>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v400/n6741/full/400220a0.html</ref>

“In its simplest formIn 2001, Cristina Chiappini wrote regarding the [[Big Bang Theory|Big BangMilky Way]] scenario doesn’t look like a good way to make galaxies. It allows too little time for galaxy the force of gravity by itself to gather ordinary matter—neutrons, protons and electrons—into the patterns of galaxies seen today. Yet the theory survives for want of a better idea.” Ivars Peterson, Science News, "Seeding the universe: how did matter assemble itself into the giant filaments, clusters, bubbles and walls of galaxies that now fill the universe?" March 24, 1990, p. 184. <ref>http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/ReferencesandNotes61.html#wp1212721</ref><ref>httpfollowing://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n12_v137/ai_8878747</ref>

“It [<blockquote style="background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: .3em;">. . . it is an elegant structure that shows both order and complexity. . . . The end product is especially remarkable in the Great Wall, composed light of tens of thousands of galaxies] what is far too large and too massive believed to have formed by be the mutual gravitational attraction starting point: nebulous blobs of its member galaxiesgas.” MHow the universe made the Milky Way from such simple beginnings is not altogether clear. Mitchell Waldrop- Cristina Chiappini, “Astronomers Go Up Against "The Formation and Evolution of the Great WallMilky Way,” Science, Vol" [[American Scientist]] (vol. 246, 17 November 198989, pNov. 885/Dec. [See also Margaret J. Geller and John P. Huchra2001), “Mapping the Universe,” Science, Volp. 246, 17 November 1989, pp. 897–903506. <ref>http://www.creationscienceicr.comorg/onlinebookarticle/547/ReferencesandNotes61.html#wp1212721</ref></blockquote>

The [[Institute for Creation Research]] wrote the following regarding a 2005 article in [[Science News]] the following: <blockquote style="background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: .3em;">A strange cartoon graced the cover of Science News last fall (10/08/2005) that serves as a symbol for a whole class of problems for evolutionary astronomers. It showed a star-shaped old man in a stellar maternity ward. With its title, "Crisis in the Cosmos? Galaxy-formation theory is in peril," the article exposed a running theme in astronomy: as far back as we look, stars and galaxies appear mature. </blockquote> <blockquote style=See Also"background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: .3em;">"Imagine peering into a nursery and seeing, among the cooing babies, a few that look like grown men," Ron Cowen quipped. "That's the startling situation that astronomers have stumbled upon as they've looked deep into space and thus back to a time when newborn galaxies filled the cosmos.".... </blockquote> <blockquote style="background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: .3em;">These findings corroborate a January 8, 2002, NASA press release that was considered astonishing at the time: based on Hubble surveys, "the grand finale came first" in stellar and galactic evolution. As far back as telescopes look, they see mature creation, not evolution.<ref>http://www.icr.org/article/2946/</ref></blockquote>  Young earth creationists also cite the following: <blockquote style="background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: .3em;">“In its simplest form, the [[Hubble Ultra Deep FieldBig Bang theory|big bang]]scenario doesn’t look like a good way to make galaxies. It allows too little time for the force of gravity by itself to gather ordinary matter—neutrons, protons and electrons—into the patterns of galaxies seen today. Yet the theory survives for want of a better idea.” Ivars Peterson, Science News, "Seeding the universe: how did matter assemble itself into the giant filaments, clusters, bubbles and walls of galaxies that now fill the universe?" March 24, 1990, p. 184.<ref>http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/ReferencesandNotes61.html#wp1212721</ref><ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n12_v137/ai_8878747</ref></blockquote> <blockquote style="background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: .3em;">“It [the Great Wall, composed of tens of thousands of galaxies] is far too large and too massive to have formed by the mutual gravitational attraction of its member galaxies.” M. Mitchell Waldrop, “Astronomers Go Up Against the Great Wall,” [[Science (journal)|Science]], Vol. 246, 17 November 1989, p. 885. (See also Margaret J. Geller and John P. Huchra, “Mapping the Universe,” Science, Vol. 246, 17 November 1989, pp. 897–903).<ref>http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/ReferencesandNotes61.html#wp1212721</ref></blockquote>