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Photo credit: Used with permission from University of Arizona, David Harvey, photographer, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

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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Photo: Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS, by ESA/Hubble, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons.

Astrobiology as a Secular Quest for Meaning

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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Photo credit: NASA/Shawn Quinn.

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

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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Photo: The perfect solar eclipse of 1919, by ESO/Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl/F. W. Dyson, A. S. Eddington, & C. Davidson, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

If wokeness leads to promoting surgical sexual mutilation of children, maybe we need to rethink the whole thing. Read More ›
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On YouTube, Dave Farina Gives Avi Loeb the Hamas Treatment

Farina was known to us before for his puerile attack videos aimed at intelligent design proponents. Read More ›
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Photo source: Eric Hedin.

Reflections on Astronomy in Iconic National Parks                

The most poignant evidence of design intervention on planet Earth is certainly life itself. Read More ›
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Photo: Curiosity self-portrait, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design in Action: Mars Archaeology

A new scientific research field began when intelligently designed artifacts started appearing on a lifeless planet. Read More ›
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Photo: Omega Centauri, X-ray:, by NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/AURA; IR:NASA/JPL/Caltech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N.

Dark Matter and Intelligent Design: A Prediction

Let’s look at some of the remarkable features of dark matter, already discovered by observations in astronomy and cosmology. Read More ›
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Comet Caps a Year of Natural Beauty

I took a set of images of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS last night, which was the first sighting I had of it. It's visible to the unaided eye. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Koss, A, Barth.

How Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez Fell in Love with the Stars

Dr. Gonzalez explains how the gift of a telescope at eight years old kicked off a life-long passion and career in astronomy. Read More ›

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