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Merry Christmas from the Moon

“Merry Christmas from the Moon”: Recalling a Historic Anniversary

As sort of a holiday card in video form, our friends at Illustra Media offer this about the Apollo 8 and its famous Christmas Eve message of 1968. Read More ›
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Earthrise
Photo credit: NASA.

Apollo 8 and Intelligent Design, Then and Now

Half a century ago, as 1968 came to a close, one event brought people together not only in America but also around the globe. Read More ›
Saturn rings
Photo credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

Is There Information in Saturn’s Rings?

Or in a rock? Or a snowflake? This is a common contention from ID critics. Read More ›
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Photo: Lunar shadow in total solar eclipse seen from the International Space Station, March 29, 2006, via NASA.

#3 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Perfect Eclipse, Coincidence or Conspiracy?

On August 21, we Americans got to see a total solar eclipse. Read More ›
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Photo: Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellow and Privileged Planetco-author Jay W. Richards takes in the total eclipse of the sun; pictured here five minutes after totality.

I Saw the Eclipse, and I Want More! Now What?

The beauty of the night sky can be as inspirational and uplifting as a total solar eclipse. Read More ›
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I Witnessed the Perfect Solar Eclipse in Missouri. Amazing!

For those for short moments of totality, sun and moon fit hand and glove. Like a key and its lock. Read More ›
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Viewing the Eclipse from Salem, Oregon

The rabbi's wife took the best photo of the morning that I saw, with an iPhone, using two pairs of eclipse glasses as her filter. Read More ›
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Listen: Eclipse Led to the Privileged Planet Thesis

A perfect solar eclipse like the one on Monday was the inspiration for The Privileged Planet, an important and unusual book in the canon of intelligent design works. Read More ›
eclipse from ISS

Perfect Eclipses: Coincidence or Conspiracy?

The best time and place to view total solar eclipses in our Solar System is just when and where there are observers to see them. Let that sink in. Read More ›

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