Category: Astronomy

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 15, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Planetology
Tagged
, astronomy, atmosphere, axial tilt, cosmos, exoplanets, habitability, habitable zone, ID the Future, instrument sensitivity, intelligent design, investigations, James Webb Space Telescope, liquid water, magnetosphere, Nancy Roman Space Telescope, nitrogen, oxygen, planetary neighbors, podcast, tectonics, Tellus1 Scientific, water}

How Rare Is Earth? Ask Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 15, 2026

Astronomy, Planetology

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Will the Nancy Roman Space Telescope help us find other habitable worlds elsewhere in our galaxy? Absolutely. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 14, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, coronagraph, cosmos, exoplanets, expectations, humanity, ID the Future, James Webb Space Telescope, Nancy Roman Space Telescope, NASA, observations, physicists, podcast, researchers, space telescope, Tellus1 Scientific}

How Intelligent Design Enriches Space Exploration

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 14, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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I am delighted to begin a two-part conversation with physicist Dr. Bijan Nemati about his work on the Nancy Roman Space Telescope. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
October 7, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Planetology
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Are the Planets Inhabited?, astronomers, canals, E. M. Antoniadi, E. Walter Maunder, earth, Giovanni Schiaparelli, intelligence, intelligent design, Is Mars Habitable?, Man’s Place in the Universe, Mariner 4, Mars, Mars (book), Mars and Its Canals, Mars as the Abode of Life, Martians, meteorites, optical illusions, Percival Lowell, planets, universe}

Canals on Mars: A Mistaken Design Inference

_{Winston Ewert
October 7, 2026

Astronomy, Planetology

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Any remaining doubts were settled by Mariner 4 which flew by Mars in 1965 and took pictures demonstrating that there were no canals. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 17, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, astronomy, backyard, camera, Kirk Durston, Milky Way, nature, nightscapes, northern lights, Ontario, photography, photos, Pickerel River, Psalms, rivers, Science and Culture Today, September, Sugar Lake}

The Heavens Declare, and the Sky Tells

_{David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design

2}

Our contributor Kirk Durston takes gorgeous astronomy and other nature photos. He graciously agreed to let me share these, with his captions. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 17, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Tagged
, accelerationism, Arizona, Cambridge University, chemical composition, cosmological constant, cosmology, dark energy, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, DESI, expansion rate, fine-tuning, galaxies, gamma ray bursts, Kitt Peak, Lambda Cold Dark Matter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, measurements, Michael Levi, Milky Way, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, optical fibers, position, standard model of cosmology, telescope, universe, velocity, ΛCDM}

New Light on Dark Energy Points to Our Privileged Space

_{Eric Hedin
August 17, 2026

Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning

7}

Modern astronomy relies not only on bigger telescopes and more sophisticated instruments, but upon computational power. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 29, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, astrophysicists, atheism, Carl Sagan, cosmology, cosmos, expansion rate, fine-tuning, fundamental constants, gravity, initial conditions, intelligent design, Luke Barnes, morality, movies, nuclear force, Sarah Salviander, science fiction, scientific research, stars, The Story of Everything, UC San Diego, universe}

Astrophysicist Sarah Salviander on “Cosmic Signposts” Pointing to Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 29, 2026

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Physics

4}

Dr. Salviander was deeply influenced by science fiction and by the popular astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 27, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aliens, astrophysicists, Carole Mundell, chance, extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrials, false negatives, false positives, intelligent actors, intelligent design, Live Science, media, natural law., No Free Lunch, Ohio State University, Paul Sutter, radio signals, space, space aliens, Stonehenge, The Conversation, William Dembski}

When Should Mysterious Signals from Space Be Attributed to Alien Intelligence?

_{David Coppedge
January 27, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design advocates agree that you don’t infer intelligence until there is sufficient reason to reject chance and natural law. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 13, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Planetology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, arXiv, astrobiology, astronomers, Avi Loeb, Big Think, Columbia University, David Kipping, extraterrestrial life, George Gaylord Simpson, Medium, technology, UFOs, Voyager spacecraft}

Astrobiology as a Secular Quest for Meaning

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 13, 2025

Astronomy, Planetology

7}

I don’t think this stuff does any harm — as long as it is understood as drama and not given undue importance in science or philosophy. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 29, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Ethics
Planetology
Tagged
, animals, astrobiology, comprehension, Elon Musk, ethicists, geological features, indigenous people, International Court of Justice, Mars, moons, nature rights, planets, solar system, space exploration, trees, waves}

Now, It’s Rights for Planets, Moons, and Space Microbes

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 29, 2025

Astronomy, Ethics, Planetology

3}

The ultimate purpose in granting such rights would be to disincentivize investments in space exploration and keep us Gaia-bound. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 6, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Allan CP, Aristotle, atheists, children, Christians, civilization, Evangelicals, gender ideology, Guillermo Gonzalez, materialists, New Atheism, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Reason Magazine, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholicism, Socrates, The Privileged Planet, The Science Dilemma, theism, theists, wokeness}

Jay Richards on an Icon of Intelligent Design and 20 Years of a Bifurcating Culture

_{David Klinghoffer
August 6, 2025

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

If wokeness leads to promoting surgical sexual mutilation of children, maybe we need to rethink the whole thing. Read More ›