Both amateur and professional stargazers have an opportunity to see a little more of God’s glory revealed in the heavens1 next week. The Perseid meteor shower is probably the best of all the annual meteor showers, and it is scheduled to put on a “peak performance” in the early morning hours of Monday through Wednesday, August 12-13.2 Meteor showers are caused by comets. When comets approach t… More… …read more Source: icr.org
By Dr. Danny R. Faulkner Greek philosopher Heraclitus was one of the first promoters of an eternal universe, which found its way into Christian theology. The Bible tells a different story. …read more Source: AIG Daily
This month (July 2020), multiple astronomical objects highlight God’s glory displayed in the heavens.1 For the next two weeks, all five planets visible to the naked eye—Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn—appear shortly before dawn for observers in the continental United States.2 However, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn are all low on the horizon at that time, so an unobstructed view of th… More… …read more Source: icr.org
Data obtained from the Cassini space probe show that Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is receding away from Saturn a hundred times faster than scientists previously thought.1,2 Titan is moving away from Saturn for basically the same reason that the moon is receding away from the Earth. The moon’s gravitational influence causes ocean tides on both sides of the Earth—the side nearest the moon and the side fa… More… …read more Source: icr.org
Recently, the issue of the moon’s motion away from Earth was discussed on a popular science website.1,2 The author of the article is a geologist who disputes the creationist claim that the moon’s gradual recession from the Earth is a problem for a solar system that is billions of years old. Laser-ranging experiments show that the moon is receding from Earth at the rate of 3.8 centimeters per year.3… More… …read more Source: icr.org
A total solar eclipse is an amazing phenomenon, and can illustrate biblical teachings …read more Source: creation.com
Where are the small craters expected by the ‘billions of years’ framework on Pluto’s moon Charon? Read More
A team of researchers used more than two million images obtained by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to construct the first near-global map of rockfalls on the moon. The map shows more than 136,000 rockfalls between 80° northern and southern latitudes on the lunar surface.1,2 Interestingly, the scientists—who were from ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research—were surprised to find that… More… …read more Source: icr.org
A recent attempt by European astronomers to use the Hubble Space Telescope to find evidence for the first stars expected by secular theory has failed. This is despite the Hubble Space Telescope’s ability to image objects at vast distances—so vast that these objects were supposedly formed 500 million years after the alleged Big Bang.1-3 Astronomers classify stars into three populations, or groups, according to… More… …read more Source: icr.org
The dwarf planet Ceres is generating wonder and consternation amongst scientists …read more Source: creation.com
Tens of thousands of volcano-looking features exist across the northern lowlands and other areas across Mars.1 In the past, these volcanoes were thought to be caused by lava flows from the planet’s interior. However, a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has postulated that many of these “volcanoes” may have actually flowed mud, not lava.1 Petr Brož from the Czech A… More… …read more Source: icr.org
By Ken Ham I’m very excited to announce that our Stargazer Planetarium at the Creation Museum has been completely renovated and is now ready for our reopening on June 8, 2020! We’ve had a planetarium since shortly after the Creation Museum opened in 2007, and it was time for a major upgrade with the latest cutting-edge technology. So in January, our fabricators began the job of expanding and totally refurbishing the planetarium. Actually, it was a total rebuild! Now it’s ready for our guests, and it’s incredible! <img …read more Source: Ken Ham AIG
Astronomers have determined that a distant galaxy discovered three years ago is rotating, making it the most distant rotating disk galaxy yet observed.1 This disk galaxy has been designated DLA0817g, but has been nicknamed the “Wolfe Disk,” after the late astronomer Arthur M. Wolfe. Astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a collection of sixty-six radio telescopes in northern Chile, to veri… More… …read more Source: icr.org
By Dr. Danny R. Faulkner There has been discussion whether Pluto once had or perhaps still does have a subsurface layer of liquid water. Why would Pluto have water? …read more Source: AIG Daily
How can we explain this likely interstellar object from a biblical perspective? …read more Source: creation.com
The May 2020 issue of Astronomy magazine asks what might have once been seen as an unthinkable question: Is the Big Bang in Crisis?1 The article cites four major problems with the model: 1) that the Big Bang implies that 95% of the universe’s content is unknown to us, 2) the inability of the Big Bang to explain the enormous matter/antimatter imbalance in the universe, 3) the nature of cosmic inflation that was “tac… More… …read more Source: icr.org
Does a new analysis undermine ‘exotic neutrinos’ as dark matter or not? …read more Source: creation.com
By Dr. Danny R. Faulkner A new study undermines homogeneity and isotropy, the foundations of the cosmological principle. But will it overthrow secular cosmology? …read more Source: AIG Daily
By Dr. Danny R. Faulkner Unfortunately, several misconceptions about cosmology have crept into the thinking of biblical creationists. …read more Source: AIG Daily
Geologists have used high-resolution images obtained by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to infer the existence of past rivers on the Martian surface. Geologist Francesco Salese of Ultrecht University in the Netherlands led the team that analyzed the images of a sedimentary outcrop in the northwest rim of Hellas Planitia, an impact basin in Mars’s southern hemisphere.1,2 Geologists and planetary scientists have long… More… …read more Source: icr.org
By Dr. Jason Lisle Without design and order, the sun would not supply the earth with life-giving heat and light. …read more Source: AIG Daily
The unique nature of the sun is causing many experts to scratch their heads. Extensive studies show that most sun-like stars demonstrate about five times the magnetic activity of our sun. Others reveal that the stars most similar to our sun vary in brightness about twelve times more than the sun in a given solar cycle.1,2 In other words, the sun in our solar system is much more stable than other similar st… More… …read more Source: icr.org
By Dr. Danny R. Faulkner It’s often been said in cosmology circles that data should never get in the way of a good model. …read more Source: AIG Daily
By Ken Ham “Pillars of Creation” is the name given to an iconic photograph of a vast region within the Eagle Nebula, a cloud of dust and gas seven thousand light years from earth. Secular astronomers consider these nebulas to be the birthplace of stars. A recent article, reflecting on an updated infrared version of the Pillars of Creation photo, claims the tops of these pillars will disappear as baby stars grow. According to God’s Word, stars didn’t form slowly and gradually from “protostars” in nurseries. They were formed at God’s command when “he made the stars also” (Genesis 1:16).
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By Dr. Danny R. Faulkner Some astronomers estimate the Milky Way Galaxy is larger than thought because dark matter may extend beyond the original boundary—or so models predict. …read more Source: AIG Daily
The naked eye allows us to see just a little of God’s heavenly handiwork, but even this little bit clearly declares God’s glory.1 As more powerful telescopes peer deeper into space, more and more reasons to question the secular origins story accumulate. Recently, astronomers were surprised by very distant spiral galaxies. As described in a popular science news article, “New results from an ambitious sky… More… …read more Source: icr.org
The heavens are expected to declare even more of God’s glory1 this week. Probably early Wednesday morning, the Lyrid meteor shower will peak.2 For those who are socially isolated due to the coronavirus pandemic, this event is an opportunity to enjoy a little more of God’s creation, as well as a reminder that our solar system is young. As comets approach the sun, they lose material as ices in the co… More… …read more Source: icr.org