Tag: Milky Way

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 17, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, astronomy, backyard, camera, Kirk Durston, Milky Way, nature, nightscapes, northern lights, Ontario, photography, photos, Pickerel River, Psalms, rivers, Science and Culture Today, September, Sugar Lake}

The Heavens Declare, and the Sky Tells

_{David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design

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Our contributor Kirk Durston takes gorgeous astronomy and other nature photos. He graciously agreed to let me share these, with his captions. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 17, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Tagged
, accelerationism, Arizona, Cambridge University, chemical composition, cosmological constant, cosmology, dark energy, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, DESI, expansion rate, fine-tuning, galaxies, gamma ray bursts, Kitt Peak, Lambda Cold Dark Matter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, measurements, Michael Levi, Milky Way, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, optical fibers, position, standard model of cosmology, telescope, universe, velocity, ΛCDM}

New Light on Dark Energy Points to Our Privileged Space

_{Eric Hedin
August 17, 2026

Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning

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Modern astronomy relies not only on bigger telescopes and more sophisticated instruments, but upon computational power. Read More ›

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Author
Kyle Dillon

Date
July 22, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aesthetic criteria, Albert Einstein, Anthony O’Hear, Artemis II, Arthur Eddington, beauty, Brian Greene, coherence, controversy, disinterested, Earthset, empirical fit, existential, fauna, fittingness, flora, fruitfulness, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Richards, John Frame, Mare Orientale, mathematical beauty, Michael Keas, Milky Way, Moon, Nobel Prize, normative, oughtness, philosophers, pleasure, Science and Beauty (series), scientific theories, Serge Brunier, situational, solar eclipse, Steven Weinberg, subatomic particles, The Elegant Universe, The Evidential Power of Beauty, The Privileged Planet, theoretical virtues, Thomas Dubay, triperspectivalism}

Science and Beauty: The Lens of Triperspectivalism

_{Rev. Kyle A. Dillon
July 22, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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To the non-scientist, it may come as a surprise that scientists would appeal to aesthetic standards in evaluating the validity of scientific theories. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
October 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, algorithms, Australia, compass, Drosophila melanogaster, fruit flies, intelligent design, Milky Way, Monarch butterflies, moths, navigation, polarization}

Animal Algorithms: Moth Celestial Navigation

_{Eric Cassell
October 8, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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The origin, genetic inheritance, and how such algorithms are programmed in the brain remains a mystery. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, algae, aliens, astrobiologists, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, chance, Christianity, European Space Agency, extraterrestrial life, Guillermo Gonzalez, Holy Grail, intelligent design, Jay Richards, materialists, methodological materialism, Milky Way, NASA, natural laws, natural selection, space exploration, The Privileged Planet}

God and the Odds of ET

_{Jonathan Witt
January 13, 2025

Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth

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There is a rational and intellectually defensible strategy for maintaining a measure of optimism about the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, anthropic fine-tuning, cosmic rays, cosmos, dark matter, Energy, foresight, galaxies, Geraint Lewis, intelligent design, junk DNA, Luke Barnes, Milky Way, particles, photons, planets, predictions, proton, purpose, radiation, science fiction, spaceships, stars, universe}

Dark Matter and Intelligent Design: A Prediction

_{Eric Hedin
January 13, 2025

Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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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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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 28, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, black hole, Children of Light, earth, Energy, extraterrestrial life, Mass, Milky Way, science fiction, spacecraft, stars, United States, universe}

Interstellar Travel: Fantasy or Destiny?

_{Eric Hedin
May 28, 2024

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Borrowing from science fiction, one of the more intriguing possibilities for interstellar travel involves nullifying the inertia of the entire spaceship. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
April 28, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Big Bang, cosmological constant, earth, Georges Lemaître, Hubble Space Telescope, Milky Way, supernovae, universe}

The “Hubble Tension” and the Big Bang

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
April 28, 2024

Cosmology, Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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One thing I am fairly certain about: overthrowing the Big Bang theory is not in the offing. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
November 2, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, cosmic microwave background radiation, Evolution News, galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope, Milky Way, observation, redshift, theory}

The Big Bang Survives Two Tests

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
November 2, 2023

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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M92 is one of about 160 known globular star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy and is estimated to contain about 330,000 stars. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 30, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Copernican principle, earth, filaments, galaxies, habitability, Jay Richards, Michael Keas, Milky Way, Nicolaus Copernicus, solar system, The Privileged Planet, Unbelievable, universe}

New Study: The Milky Way Is Exceptional

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
January 30, 2023

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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“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 ›