Category: planets

13Apr 2026 by Post

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

aneurysm, Artemis II, astronauts, astronomers, Bethel McGrew, Book of Nature, Carl Sagan, cosmology, cosmos, earth, Faith & Science, history of science, Johannes Kepler, nihilism, paywall, planetary motion, planets, Psalms, Richard Dawkins, scientific evidence, space, stars, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theologians, universe, Victor Glover, Voyager 1, Wall Street Journal

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. Source

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10Nov 2025 by Post

Building the Foundations: The Strong Nuclear Force

astrophysics, atomic bomb, atomic nucleus, baryons, black hole, electrons, Energy, fundamental forces, gold ring, gravitational collapse, gravity, hydrogen, Intelligent Design, life, molecule, neutron stars, nuclear force, nucleons, nucleus, Periodic Table, physics, planets, proton, repulsive force, stars, strong force, sun, supernovae

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. Source

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31Oct 2025 by Post

The Forces that Shape our Universe: Gravity

A Fortunate Universe, Albert Einstein, astronomers, Big Bang, black holes, driving, earth, escape velocity, expansion rate, fine-tuning, fundamental forces, Geraint F. Lewis, GPS systems, gravity, Guillermo Gonzalez, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, life, Luke A. Barnes, matter, Moon, nuclear forces, particles, physics, Planetology, planets, universe

One of the most remarkable aspects of our universe is the discovery that just four fundamental forces of nature govern interactions among all particles. Source

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12May 2025 by Post

Carl Sagan Aside, Earth Is Significant

Aeon, Carl Sagan, conscious awareness, Earthrise, Evidence, hidden agenda, insignificance, Intelligent Design, King Tut, Library of Congress, Life Sciences, materialist atheism, Monash University, nature, Pale Blue Dot, Pale Blue Dot-ologists, philosophy of mind, Planetology, planets, Taj Mahal, Tim Bayme

Does the view from a vast distance have any relationship to the significance of a human cultural achievement? Source

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25Apr 2025 by Post

Extraterrestrial Life Would Demonstrate Human Exceptionalism

cabbage, carrots, Charles Darwin, civilizations, Copernican moment, earth, Evolution, extraterrestrial life, Francis Crick, genes, history, human beings, human exceptionalism, Human Genome Project, Intelligent Design, life, machinery, Matt Ridley, music, natural selection, Nicolaus Copernicus, Planetology, planets, sun

I hope we do find life elsewhere. It would be another step in our advancement as a species. Source

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15Mar 2025 by Post

The Growing Evidence of Earth’s Privilege

Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Copernican principle, earth, extra-solar planets, fine-tuning, Guillermo Gonzalez, Intelligent Design, local fine-tuning, Marcos Eberlin, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, theism, universal fine-tuning

Astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez begins a two-part conversation with host Casey Luskin. Source

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24Jan 2025 by Post

The Multiverse Has a Measure Problem

Aaron Zimmer, atoms, Bible, Boltzmann brain, Donald Trump, Dragons, Elie Feder, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, life, measure problem, molecules, naïve multiverse, observers, physical constants, physical laws, physics, Physics to God, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, quantum fluctuations, rivers, Roger Penrose, stars, Taylor Swift, universe

In terms of science, the central problem with the naïve multiverse is that it could explain any observation, so it really explains nothing. Source

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26Sep 2024 by Post

My Briar Patch: Notes of a Country Doctor

Biologic Revolution, Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox, briar patch, cancer, Daniel Witt, Francis Crick, geocentrism, heliocentrism, Intelligent Design, Jacques Monod, James Watson, John Searle, mechanistic consensus, Medicine, painting, piano, planets, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific atheism, Stuart Kauffman, telos, The Song of the South, The Undying Soul, UC Berkeley, University of California at San Francisco

It took me about twenty years after medical school to break free of the intellectual "comfort" afforded by the mechanistic consensus. Source

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13Sep 2024 by Post

Were We Made to Make Black Holes?

Anthropic Principle, black holes, computing systems, cosmic reproduction, cosmogony, Cosmological Natural Selection, cosmology, elements, Evolution, evolutionary theory, fusion reactors, Intelligent Design, intelligent life, Jay Richards, Jeffery Shainline, Lee Smolin, life, National Institutes of Standards and Technology, niobium, particle accelerators, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, scientific discovery, silicon, stars, superconductivity, Technology, The Privileged Planet, universes

I want to compare our book with a 2020 paper by Jeffery Shainline of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Source

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16Aug 2024 by Post

Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

Aaron Zimmer, atheistic scientists, atoms, electromagnetism, electrons, Elie Feder, elimination, fine-tuning, fundamental particles, galaxies, gravitational force, gravity, intelligent cause, Intelligent Design, life, Luke Barnes, Mass, matter, molecules, multiverse, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, probabilities, Robin Collins, stars, universe, william lane craig

At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Source

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