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Cartwheel Galaxy
Photo: Cartwheel Galaxy, by James Webb Space Telescope, via NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

Meyer: Webb Telescope Confirms a Cosmic Beginning

The philosophical stakes were just too enormous. Materialism could not accept so massive a confirmation of Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning…” Read More ›
James Webb Space Telescope
Photo: James Webb Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Webb Breaking the Big Bang Paradigm?

There is a lot of culture and philosophy built into the Big Bang theory as we understand it. Read More ›
multiverse
Image source: Wikimedia Commons.

Is the Multiverse Science or Religion?

Or pseudoscience? A no-nonsense theoretical physicist reveals a gift for comedy as she tries to explain theories that place no constraints on what can happen. Read More ›
galaxy cluster SMACS 0723
Photo: Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, by James Webb Space Telescope, via NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

Stephen Meyer: No, the Big Bang Hasn’t Been “Disproven”

Today, the mark of genuine disinformation is, often, the repeated, robotic use of the word "disinformation." Read More ›
Carina-Nebula
Photo credit: Carina Nebula, by James Webb Space Telescope via NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

Calm Down: Yes, the Big Bang Happened

Don Lincoln, a Fermilab scientist, addresses claims that infrared images from the James Webb Space Telescope cast doubt on the veracity of the Big Bang. Read More ›
Big Bang
Image credit: Rick Bolin, via Flickr (cropped).

Cyclic Universe Can’t Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

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 ›
galaxy cluster SMACS 0723
Photo: Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, by James Webb Space Telescope, via NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

Does the James Webb Space Telescope Show that the Big Bang Didn’t Happen?

The unexpected new data coming back from the telescope are inspiring panic among astronomers. Read More ›
Artist’s impression of exoplanet orbiting two stars
Fermi Paradox
Image: An exoplanet (artist’s rendering), by ESA/Hubble [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Biominerals Could Predict Life on Exoplanets

One-third of minerals — chemical solids whose atoms are highly ordered — are created directly or indirectly by life forms. Read More ›
Jupiter
Image: Jupiter via James Webb Space Telescope, from NASA, CC 2.0.

James Webb Telescope Goes Live: Stephen Meyer Reports

The Webb telescope can see far enough to witness galaxies from the very early universe. Read More ›
WASP-96b
Image: WASP-96b, by NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

Exoplanets: Searching for “Earth 2.0”

"Webb has revealed the unambiguous signature of water, indications of haze, and evidence for clouds that were thought not to exist based on prior observations" Read More ›

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