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Galaxy ESO 300-16
Photo: Galaxy ESO 300-16, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully.

Kepler’s Pursuit of a Mathematical Cosmology

Dr. Travis tracks the progression of Kepler’s ideas to show how he became a key figure in the transition from ancient astronomy to a true celestial physics. Read More ›
Ganymede casts a shadow on Jupiter
Photo: Ganymede casts a shadow on Jupiter, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing: Thomas Thomopoulos © CC BY.

Is the Cosmos One Big Happy Accident?

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay Richards discusses distortions and outright falsehoods presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Read More ›
Poland
Image: Courtesy of Dr. Michael Chaberek OP.

Faith, Science, and Secularization — An Illuminating Conference in Poland

Similar to many others among the founders of modern science, Copernicus was a believer in God and clearly a proponent of intelligent design. Read More ›
Claudius Ptolemy
Image: Claudius Ptolemy, by Joos van Ghent and Pedro Berruguete (1476), via Wikimedia Commons.

Let’s Explore How Cosmology Influenced Christianity

Many centuries prior to the rise of modern science, the philosophers of antiquity recognized the inherent rationality of the natural word. Read More ›
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The Dawkins Test Returns an Answer: Intelligent Design

Dr. Luskin details the various ways that the rapidly developing field of phylogenomics is uncovering data that powerfully fits the ID model of life’s history. Read More ›
Mob Quad, Merton College
Photo: Mob Quad, Merton College, one of Oxford University's oldest structures, by DWR, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Rumors of War and Evidence of Peace Between Science and Christianity 

The institution in which most scholars investigated natural motion is also noteworthy — the university. This invention began with the University of Bologna. Read More ›
alien life
alien life
Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Avi Loeb Bumps Up Against Methodological Naturalism 

Jonah Goldberg talked with Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb about “Oumuamua, Alien Life & Fighting the Mainstream Science Community.” Read More ›
Orion Nebula
Photo: Orion Nebula, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Bally, M. Robberto.

Johannes Kepler on the Holy Work of Astronomy

Kepler rejected the idea that the enormous scale of the cosmos suggested that mankind is less important than in the cozier Aristotelian-Ptolemaic model. Read More ›
spiral galaxy NGC 6872
Photo: Spiral galaxy NGC 6872, by NASA/ESO/JPL-Caltech/DSS.

Watch: Here Are Several Minutes of Design-Detection Brainstorming with Lex Fridman

I’ve never heard such a concise account of the principal methodological difficulties of inferring an unconstrained intelligence as a TESTABLE cause. Read More ›
Milky Way
Photo: Milky Way, by Free-Photos, via Pixabay.

New Study: The Milky Way Is Exceptional

“You might have to travel a half a billion light years from the Milky Way, past many, many galaxies, to find another cosmological wall with a galaxy like ours.” Read More ›

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