Big Bang Type post Date August 22, 2022 CategoriesCosmologyMathematicsPhysical SciencesPhysicsScience Tagged , Big Bang, Big Crunch, Brian Koberlein, cosmic inflation, fluctuations, gravitational waves, infinity, James Webb Space Telescope, Paul J. Steinhardt, Princeton University, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Standard Model, universe Cyclic Universe Can’t Avoid a Cosmic Beginning Science and Culture August 22, 2022 Cosmology, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science 5 The recent flutter over whether the James Webb Space Telescope’s data stream is a plus or a minus for the Big Bang raised interesting cosmological issues. Read More ›
moonlight-1 Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 15, 2019 CategoriesAstronomyFaith & ScienceMetaphysicsPhilosophy Tagged , __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, act, Big Bang, Big Crunch, causation, change, cosmological arguments, existence, First Way, Five Ways, law of non-contradiction, logic, lunar phases, Moon, moonlight, Necessary Existence, potency, reflection, sun, Third Way, Thomas Aquinas Aquinas’ Third Way: An Analogy to Moonlight Michael Egnor October 15, 2019 Astronomy, Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy 6 Imagine that you are an astronomer on a world with one moon. It is always night on your world, and the moon is the only body in the sky. Read More ›