The new Cosmos TV series included a story of the life of Giordano Bruno (1548–1600), which attempted to show that it was Bruno’s science that got him into trouble with religious authorities.
In the debate, Bill Nye did not talk much about astronomy. But when he did, he made several erroneous statements.
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.
New technologies show how special our home really is.
As long as a planet is the right size, it could retain an atmosphere with all the right ingredients needed for life. Just one problem. Only one known planet does.
Our moon isn’t just a pretty dot in the night sky—it helps make life possible.
Since they were first discovered, galaxies have been a source of wonder. Many are arranged into beautiful spirals.
Among the kaleidoscope of stars, brilliant blue stars are of special interest.
Dr. Danny Faulkner identifies how different assumptions provide different explanations of the origin of comets.
Dr. Danny Faulkner answers questions about the light created on Day One and celestial objects on Day Four. Does belief in God violate operational science?
This December the heavens will put on another spectacular show.
Modern astronomy allows us to find the distances, sizes, temperatures, and masses of stars. This is incredible, given how far stars are from us.
In 2014 and 2015, a series of lunar and solar eclipses around the times of Passover and Sukkot are regarded by some as a fulfillment of prophecy regarding the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
The development of a creation model of astronomy has lagged development of creation models in biology and geology.
There are many Christian theologians, scientists, and philosophers who accept the big-bang cosmology and make it part of their apologetics.
What are the alternatives to the big bang, and how pervasive is the belief in the big bang?
In this chapter we shall explore some of the difficulties that modern cosmology and the big bang have.
Just as all ideas have consequences, incorrect ideas can have very bad, or even dangerous, results.
Since the 1970s many exciting things have been happening in cosmology. This article is a discussion of various cosmological ideas.
For two centuries Newtonian physics had successes unparalleled in the history of science. Failures in Newtonian physics led to the modern physics of the 20th century.
The first few chapters of the Bible describe what I, the author, believe to be the origin and early history of mankind, the earth, and the universe.
Answers to the questions at the end of each chapter of the book Universe by Design.
Dr. Danny Faulkner, AiG–U.S., explains whether astronomers can see the surfaces of stars and what methods they use.
The rocks that Apollo astronauts brought back from the moon helped to demolish pet evolutionary ideas about the moon’s origin.
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