In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood

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87. Hot Planets

Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune each radiate away more than twice the heat energy they receive from the Sun.^a Uranus^b and Venus^c also radiate too much heat. Calculations show that it is very unlikely that this energy comes from nuclear fusion,^d radioactive decay, gravitational contraction, or phase changes^e within those planets. This suggests that these planets have not existed long enough to cool off.^f