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Photo: "Jupiter Blues," by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstadt/Sean Doran, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Beauty Enigma: It “Seems to Be Reaching Out to Us”

The beauty of the cosmos and of nature generally can't be explained in materialist terms. Or more positively, they prompt an inference to design. Read More ›
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For Extraterrestrial Life, All Credit to a Creator

As Casey Luskin reminds us, technology-using aliens would — by the intent of the cosmic design — need to live on a planet like ours with a physiology like ours. Read More ›
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Image source: FBI / Pentagon, via Department of War.

Luskin: Alien Life Would Challenge Evolution, Not Religion

A theme in social media chatter has been that the disclosure will challenge religious beliefs, and that it may be a “psyop” directed against Christian faith. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Photollama, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

What Would Aliens, if They Exist, Look Like? Like Us, or Like Jellyfish?

According to celebrity scientific atheist Neil deGrass Tyson, ETs would look nothing like us, because there is no reason they would. Read More ›
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Photo: Artemis II splashdown by NASA/Bill Ingalls.

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

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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Photo source: The Story of Everything.

A Goldilocks Universe, Designed for Us: New Film in Theaters on April 30

As philosopher Timothy McGrew puts it, we live in a universe “bearing everywhere the fingerprints of its Creator.” Read More ›
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Photo source: Brian Miller.

Postcard from North Carolina: College Students Respond to Scientific Evidence for a Creator

Skepticism should be a last resort rather than a starting point. If truth is knowable, we should pursue it as our highest priority. Read More ›
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Building the Foundations: The Strong Nuclear Force

If the strong force suddenly turned off, the nuclei in an object as small as a gold ring would explode with energy equivalent to a small atomic bomb. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Neil A. Armstrong, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Forces that Shape our Universe: Gravity

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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Photo credit: NASA/Shawn Quinn.

Now, It’s Rights for Planets, Moons, and Space Microbes

The ultimate purpose in granting such rights would be to disincentivize investments in space exploration and keep us Gaia-bound. Read More ›

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