Extrasolar Planets
God’s Creative Diversity in Extrasolar Planets
Astronomers have devised some ingenious indirect methods to detect distant planets, known as “extrasolar planets,” or “exoplanets.” Even if the planet cannot be seen directly, we can see its effect on the star. Using this technique (and a few other methods) astronomers have now discovered over 500 extrasolar planets (and counting)!
Kepler Telescope Seeks Out Habitable Planets
NASA launched the Kepler telescope in 2009 to “find terrestrial planets . . . especially those in the habitable zone of their stars where liquid water and possibly life might exist.” But these discoveries do not demonstrate that whatever could randomly happen did happen—cosmologically or biologically.
Are There Extraterrestrials?
The Bible clearly makes man the center of His attention, so we can be sure that no extraterrestrial creatures are made in the image of God, as we are. They would not be the objects of God’s gracious salvation through the death of His uniquely begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
Extrasolar Planets Topics
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Magazine Department ArticleNot So Sure After AllJan. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
Everyone has a bias, and everyone makes mistakes.
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Gliese 581d (2007–2014): RIPOct. 13, 2014
It’s almost comical that a scientist would express “almost no doubt” about life on a non-existent planet.
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Jan. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
We’re just one out of millions of planets where life is likely to exist. You’ll hear this claim more and more. Don’t believe it.
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Jan. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
New technologies show how special our home really is.
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April 1, 2012 from Answers Magazine
Each new discovery showcases not the possibility of life, but the far-flung wisdom and power of our Creator.
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Tatooine On RepeatJan. 21, 2012 from News to Know
Kepler: boldly seeking where life could have evolved
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Kepler’s Mission: To Boldly Seek Out Where Life Could Have EvolvedJan. 20, 2012
Kepler dominates the headlines, and the reason may involve more than just the excitement superlatives generate.
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NASA Discovers Planet Within a Habitable ZoneDec. 17, 2011 from News to Know
Looking for life in all the right places
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Magazine Department ArticleFive More Earths?April 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine
The Bible affirms in Genesis 1 that earth is the special place that God chose to fill with living things.
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Ain't Nobody HomeJan. 29, 2011 from News to Know
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Scientists Reveal Earth-Sized ExoplanetJan. 15, 2011 from News to Know
Scientists presenting at the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society have revealed the smallest exoplanet discovered so far.
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Jan. 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine
If other stars had planets, what would they look like?
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Dec. 22, 2010 from Answers Magazine
The recent discovery of a unique (so far) planet outside our solar system has caused a lot of excitement and speculation.
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“Alien Planet” Is an OutsiderNov. 27, 2010
No, the "alien planet" isn't home to alien life (as far as we know); according to astronomers, the planet itself is a veritable outsider in not only its own solar system, but in our entire galaxy.
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Possible Planet with Life FormsOct. 16, 2010
If true, it would be perhaps the most revolutionary discovery in human history: a planet twenty light-years from earth that is not only habitable, but that has its own life-forms. There’s only one problem: scientists aren’t even sure the planet is there.
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Astronomical Objects Formed "Recently"June 19, 2010
Two stories this week report on astronomical objects—moons and a planet—that may have formed relatively “recently,” at least in terms of billions-of-years belief.
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Gaseous Planet May be RockyMarch 20, 2010
A faraway gaseous planet may also be, in a metaphorical sense, “rocky”: astronomers hope it will be a “Rosetta stone” for exoplanetary research.
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Poor Planet WASP-12bFeb. 27, 2010
Pity poor planet WASP-12b: its host star not only heats it to more than 4,700˚F (2600˚C), but also is in the process of eating it.
Articles About Extrasolar Planets
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Magazine Department ArticleNot So Sure After AllJan. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
Everyone has a bias, and everyone makes mistakes.
-
Gliese 581d (2007–2014): RIPOct. 13, 2014
It’s almost comical that a scientist would express “almost no doubt” about life on a non-existent planet.
-
Jan. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
We’re just one out of millions of planets where life is likely to exist. You’ll hear this claim more and more. Don’t believe it.
-
Jan. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
New technologies show how special our home really is.
-
-
April 1, 2012 from Answers Magazine
Each new discovery showcases not the possibility of life, but the far-flung wisdom and power of our Creator.
-
Tatooine On RepeatJan. 21, 2012 from News to Know
Kepler: boldly seeking where life could have evolved
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Kepler’s Mission: To Boldly Seek Out Where Life Could Have EvolvedJan. 20, 2012
Kepler dominates the headlines, and the reason may involve more than just the excitement superlatives generate.
-
NASA Discovers Planet Within a Habitable ZoneDec. 17, 2011 from News to Know
Looking for life in all the right places
-
Magazine Department ArticleFive More Earths?April 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine
The Bible affirms in Genesis 1 that earth is the special place that God chose to fill with living things.
-
Ain't Nobody HomeJan. 29, 2011 from News to Know
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Scientists Reveal Earth-Sized ExoplanetJan. 15, 2011 from News to Know
Scientists presenting at the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society have revealed the smallest exoplanet discovered so far.
-
Jan. 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine
If other stars had planets, what would they look like?
-
Dec. 22, 2010 from Answers Magazine
The recent discovery of a unique (so far) planet outside our solar system has caused a lot of excitement and speculation.
-
“Alien Planet” Is an OutsiderNov. 27, 2010
No, the "alien planet" isn't home to alien life (as far as we know); according to astronomers, the planet itself is a veritable outsider in not only its own solar system, but in our entire galaxy.
-
Possible Planet with Life FormsOct. 16, 2010
If true, it would be perhaps the most revolutionary discovery in human history: a planet twenty light-years from earth that is not only habitable, but that has its own life-forms. There’s only one problem: scientists aren’t even sure the planet is there.
-
Astronomical Objects Formed "Recently"June 19, 2010
Two stories this week report on astronomical objects—moons and a planet—that may have formed relatively “recently,” at least in terms of billions-of-years belief.
-
Gaseous Planet May be RockyMarch 20, 2010
A faraway gaseous planet may also be, in a metaphorical sense, “rocky”: astronomers hope it will be a “Rosetta stone” for exoplanetary research.
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Poor Planet WASP-12bFeb. 27, 2010
Pity poor planet WASP-12b: its host star not only heats it to more than 4,700˚F (2600˚C), but also is in the process of eating it.
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