Category: Planetology

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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

5}

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
Casey Luskin

Date
June 17, 2026

Categories
Earth Sciences
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, atmosphere, biology, carbon, combustion, computer chips, cosmos, disclosure, Disclosure Day, Discovery Institute Press, Earth’s crust, environmental fitness, extraterrestrials, fire, Goldilocks Zone, government, hominins, Homo erectus, hydrological cycle, intelligent design, knuckle-walking, lasers, magnets, metallurgy, metals, Michael Denton, oxygen molecules, photosynthesis, plant matter, PLOS ONE, primal blueprint, purpose, respiration, semiconductors, South Africa, space, spacecraft, Steven Spielberg, sugars, technology, The Miracle of Man, tools, trees, UFOs, universe, Wonderwerk Cave, wood}

Michael Denton’s Work Shows ETs in UFOs Would Not Exist in a Purposeless Universe

_{Casey Luskin
June 17, 2026

Earth Sciences, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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Fire is a central part of human existence, and it’s a necessary requirement for building technology, whether primitive or complex. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 10, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, aliens, Casey Luskin, cosmos, creator, extraterrestrials, faith, humanoids, imagination, marketing, Michael Denton, panspermia, physiology, planets, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, science fiction, Sean McDowell, seeding, space and time, Spencer Klavan, Steven Spielberg, technology, Wall Street Journal}

For Extraterrestrial Life, All Credit to a Creator

_{David Klinghoffer
June 10, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Planetology

3}

As Casey Luskin reminds us, technology-using aliens would — by the intent of the cosmic design — need to live on a planet like ours with a physiology like ours. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
June 1, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Planetology
Tagged
, Age of Disclosure, aliens, Bible, Budd Hopkins, C. S. Lewis, Christianity, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, demonology, Department of Defense, Disclosure Day, Eddy Weiss, extraterrestrial life, Ezekiel, filmmakers, fundamentalism, Genesis, Lee Roy Gaitan, Luis Elizondo, Michael Heiser, Perelandra, Ransom Trilogy, religion, Sheldon Vanauken, Space Trilogy, Steven Spielberg, Supreme Being, Texas, theology, trauma, UFOlogy, Venus}

We Are Not Alone? No, We Never Were

_{Bethel McGrew
June 1, 2026

Faith & Science, Planetology

5}

C. S. Lewis was always game for a chat about God and aliens, as recalled by his protégé Sheldon Vanauken. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 7, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, aliens, astrophysicists, blueprint, cosmic design, cosmos, creation, disclosure, DNA, environment, evolution, extraterrestrials, fine-tuning, fire, fitness, Homo sapiens, humanoids, humans, intelligent design, jellyfish, life-forms, media, metallurgy, Michael Denton, nature, Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York Times, physiology, planets, predictions, privilege, reality, scientific atheists, technology, termites, The Miracle of Man, UFOs, universe, vertebrates}

What Would Aliens, if They Exist, Look Like? Like Us, or Like Jellyfish?

_{David Klinghoffer
May 7, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Planetology

4}

According to celebrity scientific atheist Neil deGrass Tyson, ETs would look nothing like us, because there is no reason they would. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 5, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, Albuquerque, algorithms, alternative splicing, amino acid sequences, Andrew McDiarmid, Brian Josephson, Cambrian Explosion, Cambridge University, Center for Science and Culture, David Waltham, digital information, discoveries, earth, Earth-like planets, enzymes, fundamental constants, genes, ID the Future, information processing, initial conditions, junk DNA, life, Lucky Planet, Michael Kent, molecular biology, molecular machines, mutation, natural selection, physics, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sandia National Laboratories, spliceosome, Stephen Meyer, universe, Why Evolution Is Different}

Stay Informed about the Evidence for Design, with Michael Kent

_{Granville Sewell
March 5, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Planetology

8}

Technological advances have led to the discovery of planets outside our solar system, with news heralding the discovery of many “earth-like” planets. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 5, 2026

Categories
Earth Sciences
Origin of Life
Planetology
Tagged
, AlphaFold, atmosphere, biochemistry, biological complexity, chance, disorder, entropy, Francis Crick, Imperial College London, informational content, intelligence, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Leslie Orgel, LUCA, molecular assembly, origin of life, panspermia, physical biasing, primitive earth, protocell, Robert E. Endres, universe, water, zircon}

New Paper Argues for the “Unreasonable Likelihood of Being”

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 5, 2026

Earth Sciences, Origin of Life, Planetology

5}

How long did life have to get started? Endres notes that life on earth could not have emerged until after two early global sterilizing impacts. 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 ›