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Planetology

spiral galaxy NGC 5037
spiral galaxy NGC 5037
Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Rosario; Acknowledgment: L. Shatz.

The Big Myth: Big Universe Is a Problem for Religion  

Self-appointed spokesmen for science often use the enormous size of the cosmos, with its billions of galaxies, as a club to beat up Christianity. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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Stephen Meyer: “Into the Impossible” with Brian Keating

Meyer answered philosophical, spiritual, and quite personal questions from Professor Keating on his podcast, "Into the Impossible." Read More ›
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Image source: NASA Goddard/Jeremy Schnittman/Scott Noble.

No Wonder Atheists Resist the Big Bang

Combined with the evidence of information periodically infused into biology, the observation of a start to the universe goes beyond generic intelligent design. Read More ›
Rare Earth
Photo credit: Coast of North Africa, by NASA via International Space Station.

Rare Earth at Twenty — And My Connection

In principle, the conjoining of the many Rare Earth factors could overwhelm the available probabilistic resources and serve as evidence for Earth’s design. Read More ›
Earth Mars Comparison
Photo: Fertile Earth juxtaposed with barren Mars, via NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Plate Tectonics: Why Life Is Served on Plates

The ground under your feet is literally moving. The continents are drifting apart near an average rate of one inch per year. Read More ›
Earth and space
Christianity
Photo: The edge of the Earth as seen from the International Space Station, via NASA.

Myth: A Big Universe Is a Problem for Christianity

Atheists say people in the Western tradition had to wait for modern science to grasp that the universe was huge, and had to shed historic Judeo-Christian views to do so. Read More ›
Tim Peake
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Photo: Tim Peake, by NASA/Timothy Kopra [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Case of Tim Peake Shows the Perils of “Awe”

Astronaut Tim Peake raised British eyebrows by seeming to endorse intelligent design. Read More ›
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Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Space Archaeology — How About Cellular Archaeology?

ʻOumuamua is a fascinating object, and certainly deserves further investigation. How could we discern design from non-design? Read More ›
Earth
Photo credit: “Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles,” November 9, 1967, from Apollo 4, by NASA.

“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet

Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space. Read More ›
Stephen Hawking's Universe

“Spontaneous Creation”: Meyer on Stephen Hawking’s Category Error

He asked poignantly in A Brief History of Time, “What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?” Read More ›

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