Tag: astronomers

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Author
Kyle Dillon

Date
July 21, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaequatio intellectus ad pulchrum, adaequatio intellectus ad rem, Alvin Plantinga, Artemis II, astronomers, astronomy, beauty, Emmanuel Kant, First Law of Planetary Motion, geocentric model, Harmonice Mundi, Harmonies of the World, heliocentric model, Henri Poincaré, Holy Grail, Johannes Kepler, Justice Potter Stewart, mathematical formulas, Mortimer Adler, NASA, Nicolaus Copernicus, science, Science and Beauty (series), scientific revolution, Supreme Court, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universe, Where the Conflict Really Lies}

Beauty and Science: Canvas of the Great Creator

_{Rev. Kyle A. Dillon
July 21, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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When Johannes Kepler discovered that his mathematical formula perfectly matched his experimental observations, he was euphoric. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
April 16, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, astronomers, astronomy, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, carbon, Carl Sagan, Catholic priests, civil engineers, documentary, earth, Edwin Hubble, Energy, explosion, Frank Tipler, Georges Lemaître, heavy elements, iron, Jay Richards, john lennox, mathematical laws, matter, Mount Wilson, oxygen, physicists, physics, planetary science, scientific establishment, solar system, space, stars, stellar evolution, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, The Grand Design, The Story of Everything, tolerances, universe, universe-creating machine, Voyager 1}

Are We at Another Lemaître Moment? Cosmological Evidence Suggests So

_{Walter Myers III
April 16, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

10}

The universe is not large in spite of us — it is large, in part, because of what it takes to produce us. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 13, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, aneurysm, Artemis II, astronauts, astronomers, Bethel McGrew, Book of Nature, Carl Sagan, cosmos, earth, history of science, Johannes Kepler, nihilism, paywall, planetary motion, planets, Psalms, Richard Dawkins, scientific evidence, space, stars, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theologians, universe, Victor Glover, Voyager 1, Wall Street Journal}

Contest of Cosmic Stories “Isn’t a Fair Fight”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 13, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, History of Science

3}

As Bethel McGrew notes, the tradition of seeing the stars, planets, and the rest of space as pointing to a creator has a distinguished scientific history. 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
Eric Hedin

Date
October 31, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, Albert Einstein, astronomers, Big Bang, black holes, driving, earth, fine-tuning, fundamental forces, fundamental forces (series), GPS systems, gravity, Guillermo Gonzalez, Isaac Newton, life, Luke A. Barnes, matter, Moon, nuclear forces, particles, planets, universe}

The Forces that Shape our Universe: Gravity

_{Eric Hedin
October 31, 2025

Intelligent Design, Physics, Planetology

9}

One of the most remarkable aspects of our universe is the discovery that just four fundamental forces of nature govern interactions among all particles. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, astronomers, atmosphere, BBC News, Big Think, biosignature, CNN, earth, exoplanets, fact check, K2-18b, magma, Neptune, New York Times, Science (journal), solar system}

Fact Check: Did Scientists Really Detect Evidence of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b?

_{Casey Luskin
April 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Planetology, Science Reporting

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The molecule is dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), and on Earth its sole known source is life (specifically, marine phytoplankton algae). Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 9, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, advanced life, astronomers, coincidence, conspiracy, Copernican principle, Guillermo Gonzalez, habitability, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jay Richards, life, philosophers, podcast, scientific discovery, The Privileged Planet, universe}

New Evidence that Supports the Privileged Planet Thesis

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 9, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

1}

A newly revised, rewritten, and updated book refutes the materialistic assumptions of the Copernican principle. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 21, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Science Reporting
Tagged
, astronomers, Brian Keating, cosmologists, cosmos, earth, Earth-like planets, exoplanets, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Luke Barnes, Mars, Peter Robinson, reporters, science media, scientific discovery, The Privileged Planet, Uncommon Knowledge}

Richards: The Most Earth-Like Planet Is Still … Mars

_{David Klinghoffer
August 21, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Science Reporting

3}

With the discovery of large numbers of exoplanets in the last twenty years, does Earth look as privileged as it once did? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 13, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astronomers, autopsy, Darwinian paradigm, evolutionists, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, Michael Keas, podcast, poison, Research, sun, Tycho Brahe, universe}

How Tycho Brahe Set an Unhelpful Precedent for Scientists

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 13, 2024

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

2}

Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer, sat on his astronomical research for years, rather than sharing it with Kepler, his assistant. Read More ›

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Author
Jean-Pierre Luminet

Date
May 7, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, astronomers, Baruch Spinoza, Edwin Hubble, galaxies, Georges Lemaître, German, quantum mechanics, static universe}

When Einstein Met Lemaître

_{Jean-Pierre Luminet
May 7, 2024

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Einstein’s response shows the same unwillingness to change his position: he accepted the mathematics, but not a physically expanding universe. Read More ›