Extraterrestrial Water
Part of the dust contained oxygen. Powerful winds and jets from other stars drove shock waves through the clouds of dust and gases, heating them up. This made hydrogen react with oxygen, producing water. In 1998 the Infrared Space Observatory analyzed the Orion nebula.[i] There water forms continually. The production rate is enough to fill the oceans of the Earth five times every two hours. Long ago in a place much closer to us, the waters of the Earth came together. Other waters gathered in other places.
In Psalm 104:3 we read that God lays the beams of his upper chambers on the waters. This is a poetic way of saying that God is everywhere, on the Earth and in the highest heavens. Ancient peoples could see that there are sometimes waters in the sky, because they knew that rain falls from clouds. They did not know that there are huge clouds of water among the stars. But they were right in thinking that no matter how far one rises above the Earth, there will be waters. These waters are always below God’s upper chambers.
[i] Glanz, James, “A Water Generator in the Orion Nebula,” Science, 280 (17 April 1998), p. 378.
In Psalm 104:3 we read that God lays the beams of his upper chambers on the waters. This is a poetic way of saying that God is everywhere, on the Earth and in the highest heavens. Ancient peoples could see that there are sometimes waters in the sky, because they knew that rain falls from clouds. They did not know that there are huge clouds of water among the stars. But they were right in thinking that no matter how far one rises above the Earth, there will be waters. These waters are always below God’s upper chambers.
[i] Glanz, James, “A Water Generator in the Orion Nebula,” Science, 280 (17 April 1998), p. 378.
