My Maker, My Judge May 13, 2016
| Answers in Genesis People must hear that their sin will be judged by the holy Creator and Judge, and that they can only be saved from eternal punishment if they repent of their sin and trust in Jesus Christ alone; He is the One who died in our place and conquered death by His Resurrection.
It’s Still Sin May 22, 2015
| Answers in Genesis After Eden: “It’s Still Sin”—Explore a thought-provoking cartoon by Dan Lietha. Delve into the humor and wisdom behind this insightful comic strip, pondering life’s big questions with a smile.
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The Fall Is In The Air May 15, 2015
| Answers in Genesis After Eden: “The Fall Is In The Air”—Explore a thought-provoking cartoon by Dan Lietha. Delve into the humor and wisdom behind this insightful comic strip, pondering life’s big questions with a smile.
Gone Too Far Jun 15, 2012
| Answers in Genesis We should not be so concerned about winning the debate that love and the other fruits of the Spirit are no longer evident in our words and actions.
The Adam Test Jan 20, 2012
| Answers in Genesis The biblical Adam: A human being specially created in God’s image from the dust of the earth, or the product of millions of years of evolution?
Devolution Apr 3, 2009
| Answers in Genesis Easter has slowly devolved from a holiday to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ to a collection of symbols that reflect anything but Christ.
Not by works Apr 4, 2005
| Answers in Genesis Eternal life in heaven isn’t given to people who are “good enough” to earn it, but to those who have repented and trusted in Christ’s death and Resurrection.
Intelligent design May 3, 2004
| Answers in Genesis We perceive the handiwork of an intelligent designer in the beauty of art; why do we ignore the handiwork of the intelligent Designer in the beauty of creation?
Let There Be Truth
| Answers in Genesis Explore the truth found in the Bible, and common lies of our world in these cartoons that discuss Darwin’s ideas, evolution, and more. This commentary highlights the deceptive ideas that have been embraced by our culture and even the church, revealing the hidden dangers within.
Creation Wise
| Answers in Genesis Dive into creation with these observations on the book of Genesis and ideas related to the beginning of the world. Examine the days of creation, the ark, and the global flood and contrast them with the man’s ideas of evolution and how they try to explain life and creation apart from God.
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Two Opposing Trees Jul 27, 2018
| Answers in Genesis In the beginning God told the first humans not to eat from a tree that was forbidden to them. They disobeyed and rejected God. Because of that first sin, we now have two opposing trees. One provides the solution to the sin that began in Eden. And the other provides more ways to disobey and reject God.
Ask the Trees
| Answers in Genesis How reliable is the tree ring data, and can it be conclusively proven that some trees (like Bristlecone Pines) only produce a single growth ring per year?
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The 6,000-Year War
| Answers in Genesis William Lane Craig & Phil Vischer attack Ken Ham for believing the Bible about rejecting evolution indicating ongoing compromise in the Evangelical church.
Layers of Assumption
| Answers in Genesis Secular scientists claim it’s easy to disprove the Bible’s 6,000-year history: just count the tree rings. Is this dating method reliable? Let’s take a closer look at tree rings, ice cores, and other natural records of seasonal changes as dating methods and see what lessons we can learn.
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It All Adds Up
| Answers in Genesis A 6,000-year-old earth? When you look up the Bible references, the math’s not that hard! For those who trust in an evolutionary view of history, determining the earth’s age is a complicated process. But if you look to the Bible as the ultimate source of truth, a much simpler answer emerges.
Defense—“Biblical” Arguments
| Answers in Genesis Several well-known evangelical leaders have offered arguments against young-earth creationism. It is surprising to see the very inadequate responses from otherwise brilliant men.
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An Introduction
| Answers in Genesis With the resurgence of young-earth creationism in recent decades, the debate over the age of the earth and the proper hermeneutical approach to Genesis has intensified within evangelical circles.
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Gently Confronting Grandfather
| Answers in Genesis While we do not harshly criticize those who are in error, we are told to warn or advise them. Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., writes about gently confronting our fellow believers.
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Dating Methods
| Answers in Genesis Most scientists and many Christians believe that the radiometric dating methods prove that the earth is 4.5 billion years old. Recent research shows otherwise.
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The Emotional Age Issue
| Answers in Genesis In 35 years of ministry, I’ve discovered that the issue of the age of the earth and the universe is an extremely emotional topic for secularists.
Response to “PCA Geologists on the Antiquity of the Earth”
| Answers in Genesis Eight geologists, writing in Modern Reformation, argue specifically that the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), and by inference committed Christians in all other denominations, should reject Noah’s Flood as being geologically insignificant and adopt an old-earth view of Genesis.
Decay and Age: Rocks
| Answers in Genesis The article discussed here starts off by revealing a commonly forgotten fact of geologic dating: “Assigning dates to the events in the life of a rock [. . .] has long challenged geologists, as the events themselves can confound evidence of the past.”
It’s About Time
| Answers in Genesis Has God left evidence for creation in tiny halos in rocks? A creation scientist believes he has. And his work has never been refuted.
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The Common Factor
| Answers in Genesis On my summer speaking tour across Australia, I visited a number of major museums … and something really ‘hit’ me. Almost everywhere I looked, there were references to millions or billions of years.
New Ice Core Records 120,000 Years?
| Answers in Genesis A milestone in deep ice drilling occurred on Thursday, 17 July 2003. The deepest ice core in the Northern Hemisphere hit bedrock on the Greenland Ice Sheet at a depth of almost two miles.
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Why Does Creation Matter?
| Answers in Genesis Is creation vital to the authority of Scripture and the gospel, or are we just wasting our time and being divisive—or worse, turning people away from Christ?
Are We Wasting Our Time?
| Answers in Genesis During a moment of personal tragedy, a grieving mother asks if the age of the earth is important to spreading the gospel. Dr. Terry Mortenson, AiG–U.S., responds.
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2 Views of the Creation Account
| Answers in Genesis For the past 200 years, Christian scholars have reinterpreted the Genesis creation account in various ways. However, under scrutiny, there are only two overarching viewpoints among the range of interpretations.
Every Bush a Burning Bush
| Answers in Genesis When Moses turned aside to see the burning bush, he was stepping onto holy ground. Yet the Bible teaches us that all ground is holy ground.
Demolishing ‘Straw Men’
| Answers in Genesis Setting up ‘straw men’ is a powerful way to destroy the credibility of those with whom you disagree. Humanists are experts at doing this when opposing Christians.
Crumbling Foundations
| Answers in Genesis Evolution has been popularized and presented as scientific truth, and many Christians have added evolutionary belief to their biblical belief in God as Creator.
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The Relevance of Creation
| Answers in Genesis Most people have the wrong idea of what the creation/evolution question is all about. They don’t understand the real issues involved and think that evolution is a scientific theory.
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Astronomy
| Answers in Genesis Astronomy gives us glimpses of the incomprehensible size and complexity of the universe—proclaiming the infinite majesty and power of God.
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Age of the Universe
| Answers in Genesis Scientists often proclaim that they have “proved” that the universe is billions of years old, but does the observational science support this assertion?
A Mature Universe
| Answers in Genesis God created the universe mature. Instead of giving just an appearance of age, God created it fully functional, according to the Bible.
The Primordial Lithium Problem
| Answers in Genesis Rather than providing good evidence for the big bang model, the abundances of the light elements represents a significant problem for the standard cosmology.
Dark Matter No Longer Required?
| Answers in Genesis Dark matter, a moderately evil-sounding, hypothesized component that is described as helping hold galaxies together, was all the rage just a few months ago. Now, a team of two astrophysicists is arguing that their modified theory of gravity explains the data and leaves no role for dark matter.
The Hubble Law
| Answers in Genesis The background of astronomer Edwin Hubble and his famous expanding universe law are reviewed. The significance of the Hubble constant is explained, along with the ongoing controversy regarding its actual value. Finally, a creationist view of the usefulness and limitations of the Hubble law are given.
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Astronomical Problems
| Answers in Genesis Astronomical theory has lately run into a series of problems. The most troublesome problem is the most recent calculation of the so-called Hubble constant using the repaired Hubble Space Telescope.
Starlight
| Answers in Genesis How could distant starlight from millions of light years away reach earth if the universe is only around 6,000 years old, as the Bible reveals?
The Splendor of God’s Creation
| Answers in Genesis We will see that the universe has incredible beauty. This alone would be sufficient reason to praise God, but not only did God make the universe beautiful, He made it unimaginably large.
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Cosmology Topic
| Answers in Genesis How should Christians approach cosmology? Is it a field hopelessly ruled by the secular worldview, or does it proclaim the glory of God and the truth of his Word?
The Primordial Lithium Problem Persists
| Answers in Genesis The measured abundances of hydrogen and helium in the universe match the big bang model predictions, but the lithium measurements are far less than the abundance predicted by the model. This mismatch is called the primordial lithium problem.
Perfect Cosmic Constants
| Answers in Genesis Two weeks ago, we looked at the argument—and responses to it—that certain cosmological constants are perfectly “fine tuned” for life, thus proving the existence of an intelligent designer. Now comes another rebuttal.
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The Big Cover-up?
| Answers in Genesis A reader accuses Dr. Jason Lisle, AiG–U.S., of attempting to cover up the scientific consensus. As Dr. Lisle shows, however, the critic missed the point of the article.
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Dark Matter—What’s the Matter?
| Answers in Genesis As we gaze into the
heavens to understand
more about our
universe, we find
evidence for something
vast yet invisible.
Though shrouded in
mystery, dark matter
is more than myth.
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Faith in the Multiverse
| Answers in Genesis The “anthropic principle” has been an annoyance to those who believe that our universe and life on earth are products of random processes. Indeed, it has been difficult to explain even the physical constants of the universe without resorting to some sort of “intelligent design” position. Multiverse to the rescue!
Recent Studies of Cosmological (Cosmic?) Importance
| Answers in Genesis Recently there have been press accounts of two new studies related to cosmology. However, before he can discuss this new research, Dr. Danny Faulkner provides background information on the Hubble Law, measuring the Hubble constant, and the cosmological constant versus dark energy.
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Are Redshifts Cosmological?
| Answers in Genesis Dr. Danny Faulkner recently published an article in the Answers Research Journal making the case for redshifts being cosmological. He makes a number of important points about redshifts, quasars, and an expanding universe. This article summarizes Dr. Faulkner’s research.
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A Galaxy with Little or No Dark Matter
| Answers in Genesis The discovery of a galaxy with little or no dark matter disproves MOND. Therefore, the reality of dark matter is more certain. What is dark matter? Before we can answer this question a little better, we briefly need to review the history of our understanding of dark matter.
Galaxy Games
| Answers in Genesis This year stretched the imaginations of many astronomers and cosmologists. They have discovered amazing features at the outer reaches of the universe.
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White Hole Cosmology
| Answers in Genesis After reading the latest volleys in the debate over Dr Humphreys' 'white hole cosmology' in CEN Technical Journal 13(1), I have a few comments that might be of use to the Christian community.
Lunar Recession
| Answers in Genesis We have had many people contact us concerning the recession rate of the moon. Hopefully this short article will help to clarify the details of lunar recession and why it supports a young universe.
Is the Moon Really Old?
| Answers in Genesis Because the presence of the moon over any part of the earth does not cause an immediate bulging response, this slight delay results in a continuous, slight, forward 'pull' on the moon.
January 2019’s Total Lunar Eclipse and the Flat Earth
| Answers in Genesis The night of Sunday–Monday, January 20–21, 2019, there was a total lunar eclipse visible across the Western Hemisphere. Lunar eclipses remain the best method for most people to see for themselves that the earth is a sphere. What causes eclipses, and what does it tell us about flat earth?
Yet Another New Moon Formation Theory
| Answers in Genesis It seems that every other month there’s another article about a new moon-formation hypothesis. The newest model suggests that 4.5 billion years ago something collided with earth, causing it to mushroom out into a “seething, spinning cloud of vaporised rock that resembled a squished jelly doughnut.”
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No Ordinary Moon
| Answers in Genesis The moon’s unique orbit provides a clue that it has a unique origin. Secular scientists admit that it must have been formed in a unique way, unlike any other satellite in the solar system. Since they won’t credit the Bible’s answer. How did the moon get here, then?
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Apollo 11: 50 Years Later
| Answers in Genesis Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong stepped out onto the lunar surface and uttered the memorable words, “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” Why did the United States go to the moon 50 years ago? And why hasn’t anyone been back since the last manned mission to the moon in 1972?
Moon Quiz Winner
| Answers in Genesis Congratulations to Alex Williams in the Environmental Science Division of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission.
Solar System
| Answers in Genesis What does our solar system, with its planets, moons, and asteroids, reveal about the origin, age, and incredible diversity of the universe?
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Saturn—Jewel in the Creator’s Showcase
| Answers in Genesis The $3.26 billion Cassini-Huygens
mission, launched in 1997, was a resounding
success. It vastly improved our understanding
of Saturn. The space probe Cassini’s most amazing discovery didn’t make the headlines: the clear testimony to
Saturn’s young age and the fact that it had a Creator.
Age of the Solar System
| Answers in Genesis Many dating methods establish a maximum age for many earth and space systems that is much too small to confirm the evolutionary age of 4.5 billion years.
What about the Origin of the Solar System and the Planets?
| Answers in Genesis Most scientists today think that the earth formed about the
same time as the sun and everything else in the solar system—about 4.6 billion
years ago. The solar system supposedly formed gradually from the collapse of a
cloud of gas and dust. Obviously, this idea is at odds with the biblical creation
narrative.
The Puzzle of Pluto
| Answers in Genesis Since it’s discovery in 1930, tiny Pluto has been a mystery. Lying at the edge of the solar system far from earth, Pluto is visible only with large telescopes. Even then, it appears as a small, faint speck. In 2006 Pluto suffered the indignity of being demoted from the ranks of planets.
Water-less Geysers
| Answers in Genesis National Geographic News reports on a new model, published online in last week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that removes the need for liquid water in explaining the “unusual” geysers on Enceladus’s south pole.
Uranus
| Answers in Genesis Unusual in many ways, Uranus and its moons pose big problems for evolutionary theories of planet formation, and can be seen as an exciting testament to the Creator.
How Old are Saturn’s Rings? - Answers News
| Answers in Genesis Naturalistic scientists disagree on the age of Saturn’s rings. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft had a planned crash into the planet in 2017. The data that it gave was interpreted as evidence that Saturn’s pristine rings formed just 200 million years ago. But a new study disagrees. So exactly how old are Saturn’s rings?
The “Mini-Moon” 2020 CD3
| Answers in Genesis Discover how a new “mini-moon” orbits the earth, how it compares with the primary moon, where it’s going, and what is the relevance for Christians.
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Planets Near and Far
| Answers in Genesis Two recent studies of astronomical interest have been in the news. Both are about planets: one near (Saturn) and one far (K2-18b). That Saturn’s rings are young doesn’t necessarily mean that Saturn itself or the rest of the solar system is young. How could a ring system form?
Saturn’s Mysterious Rotation Rate
| Answers in Genesis A recent news story reported on the latest measurement of Saturn’s rotation rate— 10h 33m 38s, plus or minus a minute or two. This is significantly shorter than what is found in most astronomy textbooks. You may think, how could it be difficult to measure a planet’s rotation rate?
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Asteroid Day and News About Asteroids
| Answers in Genesis June 30 is International Asteroid Day. The date was chosen for this observance, because on this date in 1908 the Tunguska event took place. The purpose of this day is raise awareness of this possibility. It’s also an opportunity to talk about asteroids and to discuss a recent item in the news related to asteroids.
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Nibiru and Planet X
| Answers in Genesis Promoters of Nibiru’s existence often call it “Planet X,” and use articles and astronomers’ comments about Planet X to support their claims about Nibiru.
What Is Nibiru?
| Answers in Genesis With yet another set of failed predictions, shouldn’t all this nonsense about Nibiru finally go away? It should, but it probably won’t.
Pluto’s Surface Is Young!
| Answers in Genesis What recent photos of Pluto revealed was a shock to conventional uniformitarian scientists who believe in a 4.5-billion-year-old solar system.
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Is Pluto a Planet?
| Answers in Genesis Most astronomers think Pluto and the many other objects orbiting beyond Neptune are Kuiper belt objects. What does this assume about the age of the universe?
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The Night Sky
| Answers in Genesis Every year the Creator provides us with a feast of heavenly wonders at night. Be
sure to enjoy some of them in the coming year.
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God’s Infinite Canvas
| Answers in Genesis The night sky is a glistening treasure trove, just waiting for you to explore. All you need is a pair of binoculars or a basic telescope.
Mysterious Icy Objects found In Solar System
| Answers in Genesis A mysterious group of icy objects in our outer solar system is covered in “fresh powdery ice” and looks as though it is “no more than 100 million years old”—a far cry from the supposed age of a billion years.
The Energy Balance of Uranus: Implications for Special Creation
| Answers in Genesis Uranus emits significantly less intrinsic energy than the other Jovian planets, and the actual net intrinsic emission may be zero. Naturalistic explanations have failed so far to explain this anomalous thermal behavior. The implications of this fact for special creation continue to be confirmed by modern data.
How Old Are Saturn’s Rings?
| Answers in Genesis The rings around Saturn make it one of the most beautiful telescopic objects in the sky. Italian astronomer Galileo admired the planet almost 400 years ago, and wrote of its ‘peculiar appearance.
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Moving with the Planets
| Answers in Genesis There are certain basic beliefs that make science possible—beliefs such as the world is real, facts are real, experiments mean something, and that man can observe facts.
Stars
| Answers in Genesis The heavens declare the glory of God, and the brilliant beauty of countless stars certainly declares the handiwork of the Creator God.
Were Stars Created?
| Answers in Genesis The Hubble telescope has recently taken some spectacular pictures of stars forming. Doesn't this prove that stars were not created? No, it doesn't.
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Stars Falling from Heaven: Evidence That the Earth Is Flat?
| Answers in Genesis Flat-earthers argue that since certain verses in Scripture speak of the stars falling, then the stars will literally fall. They also assume that these stars will fall to the earth, an action that these two verses do not specifically state.
Is There a Flood in the Stars?
| Answers in Genesis Since early times,
the human imagination has connected
stars into familiar patterns, which we
call constellations. Most sound like a
complete stretch. Yet a surprising number
of basic images appear across cultures—a fish,
a snake, a ship, a sacrifice.
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Lithium-Rich Stars Confound Astronomers
| Answers in Genesis In a recent paper published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of Chinese and Japanese astronomers reported on high-Lithium concentrations in 12 newly discovered low-mass, metal-poor, main-sequence and Red giant stars in the Milky Way halo.
Taking Back Astronomy Excerpt
| Answers in Genesis Many of the Bible’s statements about astronomy went against the generally accepted teachings of the past. Modern science, however, has confirmed what the Bible has taught.
Alien Life
| Answers in Genesis Science fiction has popularized the idea that—somewhere in space—ETs, aliens, and UFOs thrive. Do the Bible and the evidence support this notion?
Any Little Green Men Out There?
| Answers in Genesis Would scientists seriously contemplate such an idea as Little Green Men? In fact, this year millions of US tax-payers’ dollars are being spent on a massive search for just that.
Starchild—Alien-human Hybrid?
| Answers in Genesis In response to a question on Ken Ham’s Facebook page, we decided to review the history and claims regarding Starchild, the misshapen skull claimed by some to be an alien-human hybrid.
Talking to Aliens?
| Answers in Genesis The Creator of the universe has already communicated with us, yet a U.S. agency is using your tax dollars to teach students how to communicate with aliens!
Is Anyone out There?
| Answers in Genesis Among the innumerable galaxies of our universe are various planets, some similar in shape and size to Earth. Could some of these distant planets harbor life?
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Water Less Likely to Support Life
| Answers in Genesis Searching the heavens for water as a proxy for life has been astrobiologists’ pastime for years now. But what if—evolutionary beliefs aside—water is even less likely to support life than was believed?
There’s Something Out There
| Answers in Genesis January 2 is National Science Fiction Day, and sci-fi stories have fascinated us throughout history. What does our love for the supernatural reveal about us?
Is ET Calling Us?
| Answers in Genesis SETI experiment suggests non-natural radio signal coming from the vicinity of Proxima Centauri, but it seems to be another failed attempt to find alien life.
Are Aliens Going to Hell?
| Answers in Genesis Many media outlets are guilty of spreading outright lies for the sake of maligning those of us who stand for God’s Word beginning in Genesis.
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Alien Thinking
| Answers in Genesis Both the X-rays and simple visual examination of Ata, however, are consistent with a miscarried human baby.
Life as an Outcast
| Answers in Genesis Just a few weeks ago we reported that the continued search for habitable extrasolar planets has revealed just how special Earth is. So if aliens aren’t on planets orbiting other stars, where else could they be?
Earth Alien Discovery Under Attack
| Answers in Genesis Last week we reported on hot news that “alien” life had been discovered—albeit aliens from earth. But since then the widely reported research has come under attack.
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"Aliens" on Earth
| Answers in Genesis We reported in February and October 2009 on the quest to find “aliens” on earth. This week’s news? They’ve found them.
Water Speculation over Saturn Moon
| Answers in Genesis Scientists have found [indirect evidence of liquid water, which can be spun through evolutionary interpretations as indirect evidence of] life on one of Saturn’s moons!
Stephen Hawking on Unintelligent Life
| Answers in Genesis Speaking at George Washington University this week in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of NASA, Stephen Hawking discussed whether extraterrestrial life exists and, if so, why we haven’t found it, speculating on three answers to that elusive question.
Why We Can't Phone the Aliens
| Answers in Genesis Science fiction author Ben Bova offers a few explanations for why our search for extraterrestrial life (which is growing more robust with time) has turned up nothing so far.
Potential Hydrocarbons on Hyperion
| Answers in Genesis NASA scientists’ recent assert that Saturn’s moon Hyperion is home to “cup-like craters filled with hydrocarbons that may indicate more widespread presence in our solar system of basic chemicals necessary for life.”
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No Mystery to Me
| Answers in Genesis I wonder if anyone there at Mystery Park in Switzerland has considered that the park’s content had anything to do with its demise?
Secrets of the Universe
| Answers in Genesis Man knows there is a higher intelligence—he realizes there is something more. This is because the knowledge that there is an infinite God is written on man's heart and is obvious from all around us.
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Breakthrough on Creator's Code!
| Answers in Genesis Carl Sagan, an ardent evolutionist, atheist and fervent believer in life in outer space, has been involved in a search for extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI).
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Life on Other Planets?
| Answers in Genesis Although the Scriptures do not directly say that no life was created elsewhere, the suggestion that it was is not only totally unnecessary, but loaded with logical and theological problems.
Half of Americans Believe in Aliens
| Answers in Genesis Today is what’s been dubbed National Alien Day, a day set aside to celebrate nonexistent extraterrestrial beings. But despite the overwhelming lack of evidence for these aliens, a YouGov study shows that half of people in the UK, Germany, and the United States believe there’s intelligent alien life somewhere out there.
Study: We Probably Won’t Hear from Aliens (Because They’re Dead)
| Answers in Genesis In a recent study, scientists “updated” the Drake Equation, a mathematical equation that estimates the number of detectable civilizations throughout the Milky Way. They concluded that, if we do receive signals from an alien civilization, the aliens who sent it are probably already dead.
Black Holes
| Answers in Genesis What are black holes, and are they real? How can we observe them if their gravity is so strong that not even light can escape?
Comets
| Answers in Genesis Comets can’t last even hundreds of thousands of years. The bright tail of the comet reminds us that the universe is young—just as the Bible says!
More Problems for the ‘Oort Comet Cloud’
| Answers in Genesis Comets are continually being lost through decay, collisions with planets, and ejections from the solar system. If the solar system were billions of years old, then all comets would have died long ago.
Comet-Based Life?
| Answers in Genesis A team of astrobiologists claim that “it is one trillion trillion times more likely that life started inside a slushy comet than on Earth.”
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A Comet’s Tale
| Answers in Genesis You may have seen the footage of the S-W 3 comet breaking apart, but it’s doubtful that you heard anything about its implications for evolutionary beliefs.
The Tale of a Comet
| Answers in Genesis A camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has recently captured remarkable images of a comet breaking apart. This event has something important to say about the age of the solar system.
God’s Flawless Design of Water Makes Life Possible
| Answers in Genesis Water, the most abundant compound on earth, perhaps in the solar system, has many properties that make it truly remarkable especially in regard to making earth habitable and life possible. Each of the following properties discussed here clearly shows that water is purposefully designed for making the earth habitable.
A Unique Blend
| Answers in Genesis 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.
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The Book of Enoch and the Flat Earth
| Answers in Genesis Some flat-earthers have appealed to the Book of Enoch to support their argument that the Bible teaches that the earth is flat. Does the Book of Enoch teach that the earth is flat? Let us examine some of its passages that supposedly do.
Does the North Star (Polaris) Prove the Earth Is Flat?
| Answers in Genesis Flat-earthers falsely claim that Polaris remains motionless in the sky as all other stars circle it. That is the impression one gets by watching the sky over several hours. Even long exposure photographs and time-lapse videos seem to show this too. However, appearances can be deceiving.
Falling for a Flat Earth
| Answers in Genesis A resurgent flat-earth movement claims we need to get back to what the Bible says—but what does God’s Word really say about the earth’s shape?
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Reflections on the Flat-Earth Movement
| Answers in Genesis In preparation for the premiere of the documentary Faith on the Edge: Exploring the Biblical and Scientific Case Against Flat Earth, I gathered my thoughts on the sociology of the flat-earth movement into 20 points. Though I’m no sociologist, I’ve fleshed most of those 20 points into a narrative.
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Water: An Underappreciated Gift of the Creator
| Answers in Genesis Water might not immediately come to mind when we think of God’s good gifts to us. But water is so well designed for our use that a seemingly simple glass of the clear liquid should cause us to recognize the fingerprint of the Creator and give him glory.
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Enjoy Some Extra Daylight on the Summer Solstice
| Answers in Genesis The summer solstice, or the June solstice, occurred at 6:07 a.m. EDT on June 21, 2018. For six months, the sun has slowly trekked northward, reaching its farthest point north of the equator. Noon-timeNoontime shadows are shortest on the summer solstice. This is the longest day of the year, and nights are shortest now.
Watery Beginning
| Answers in Genesis Challenged to explain where all the ocean water came from, some secular scientists are now rethinking their old beliefs.
Earth the Beautiful
| Answers in Genesis An astronaut testifies to the dramatic beauty of our planet—and, indirectly, to the unique habitability our planet offers.
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They Think the Earth is Flat?
| Answers in Genesis They’re a tiny minority of untrained, pseudoscientific hacks who—partially based on an overly literal interpretation of Scripture—buy into a disproven, centuries-old myth rather than accepting well-established modern science.
Extrasolar Planets
| Answers in Genesis Astronomers are constantly discovering extrasolar planets orbiting distant stars. Are these mysterious bodies other earths with the potential to contain life?
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How Many Earths Again?
| Answers in Genesis Two weeks ago we covered a study that said there could be up to 37,964 alien civilizations in the Milky Way. Now, the number of Earth-like planets in the Milky Way has been enumerated: 100,000,000,000.
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Just Right for Life
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Unseen Planet
| Answers in Genesis When a planet bears any resemblance to our own planet, the speculation begins that it may be the home to extraterrestrial life.
Goldilocks Is Dead: Exoplanets Are Inhospitable to Life
| Answers in Genesis In a recent news article, researchers at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo took a look at the most recent number of extrasolar planets (around 4,000) in the habitable zone (also frequently called the Goldilocks zone) and applied an additional set of conditions needed for “life to form.”
100% Questionable
| Answers in Genesis 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 Outsider
| Answers in Genesis 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 Forms
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Gaseous Planet May be Rocky
| Answers in Genesis 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-12b
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Goofy Planet is Backwards
| Answers in Genesis For the first time, astronomers have detected a planet that could be said to “swim against the flow”—orbiting in the opposite direction from the spin of its star.
Home Away from Home
| Answers in Genesis Astronomers have found yet another “Earth-like” planet (how many does this make, anyway?). Once again, it’s not exactly home away from home.
Livable Planets Believed to Be More Common
| Answers in Genesis The search for life far from earth seems to expand every month, with greater attention—and money—focused on finding planets with “conditions suitable for life.” Now, a new study suggests these “livable” planets may be more common than we thought.
Search for Spock: New Mission
| Answers in Genesis Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are eagerly considering the prospect of life on an earth-like planet (named Vulcan in homage to Star Trek) orbiting a nearby star.
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Earth #2
| Answers in Genesis Scientists are exuberant following the discovery of a planet only slightly larger than earth.
Scientists Search for a New Earth
| Answers in Genesis In a major surprise to those looking for earth-like planets beyond our solar system, the first extrasolar planet examined-HD 189733b, for those keeping score-shows no signs of “common molecules like water, methane, or carbon dioxide,” announced Carl Grillmair and David Charbonneau of the Spitzer Science Center and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, respectively.
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Flat Earth Topic
| Answers in Genesis Contrary to common misconception, the medieval church did not teach that the earth was flat, and there are many ways we know that the earth is spherical.
Life on Mars
| Answers in Genesis Will life be found inhabiting the rocky, desert-like surface of the Red Planet, our nearest celestial neighbor, Mars?
Can Lake on Mars Support Life?
| Answers in Genesis When a feature on Mars was noted to resemble a dry lake bed, researchers anticipated it would be a “candy store of targets” in the search for Martian life.
The Curious Case of Martian Mania
| Answers in Genesis With the successful on-target Mars landing of the robotic rover dubbed Curiosity, a normally staid group of engineers and scientists erupted with joy as a fruit of their labor was achieved.
Martian Ancestry
| Answers in Genesis Evolutionary scientists have spent years—and billions of dollars—searching for Martian life, coming up empty-handed despite their best efforts. Or is the problem their assumption that Martian life would be on Mars at all—instead of, say, Earth?
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Martian Fossils
| Answers in Genesis It’s no secret that fossils play a prominent role in the debate over the history of life on Earth. But will we soon be arguing over the meaning of Martian fossils?
Mars May Hold Nutrients for Life
| Answers in Genesis If off-season vegetables shipped in from far-away places are getting too expensive, perhaps it won’t be too long before vegetables will come straight from Mars!
Mars Believed Too Salty to Support Life
| Answers in Genesis In a pair of stories related to our above item, new evidence gathered by one of the Mars rovers indicates Mars “was too salty to sustain life for much of its history.” Even the hardiest microbes would have found it difficult to survive amid brackish water. Meanwhile, a Dutch–American study indicates that unique geological features on Mars were formed by “brief bursts of water.”
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We Are All Martians
| Answers in Genesis Men (and women) are from Mars—though the popular tongue-in-cheek hypothesis lacks proof, it received an injection of plausibility in September from a baseball-sized rock that fell from the sky.
Mars
| Answers in Genesis As rovers and probes are sent to explore the uncharted surface of Mars, the discoveries are exciting. How should Bible-believing Christians view these finds?
Was Noah a Martian?
| Answers in Genesis Noah's Flood actually occurred on Mars—not Earth! Sounds ridiculous doesn't it? But a recent New York Times article suggested, in essence, exactly that!
The Martian Runt
| Answers in Genesis Mars is a runt because it formed quickly and was lucky enough to stay out of the way of on-coming traffic. So goes the latest step in the planetary shuffle.
Hot Air Over Mars
| Answers in Genesis The fuss over martian methane—which had fueled hopes for life on the Red Planet—may be misplaced, according to a new study.
“Dog Door” Discovered on Mars?
| Answers in Genesis As the rover Curiosity explores our red neighbor Mars, many scientists and space buffs wait with bated breath for news that the planet held (or maybe even holds) life.
Happy Red Planet Day!
| Answers in Genesis Why did they pick November 28 as Red Planet Day? On November 28, 1964, NASA launched Mariner 4, the first successful space probe to visit the planet Mars.
More Ice on Mars?
| Answers in Genesis NASA’s Phoenix team has announced the possible discovery of more ice on Mars—so what’s the creation/evolution connection?
Gullies Posit Water on Mars
| Answers in Genesis The science hullabaloo this week is that liquid water may have recently flowed on Mars, according to one interpretation of recent photography from the late Mars Global Surveyor.
Mission to Mars
| Answers in Genesis For nearly two centuries, the planet Mars has captured the imagination of Earth-bound astronomers. The Red Planet displays intriguing features and ever-changing conditions.
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Mars: Losing Face
| Answers in Genesis Now that NASA spacecraft have had a chance to take a closer look, the so-called 'Face on Mars' turns out to be just a play of light and shadow on an ordinary looking geological feature.
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Mars Photos—No Martians
| Answers in Genesis The latest pictures from the surface of this barren, rocky red planet once again fail to show any Martians, or any evidence to support evolution.
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Sun
| Answers in Genesis The sun, a star situated the perfect distance from earth to supply needed heat and light, shows evidence of special design by a loving Creator.
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Faint Sun Paradox
| Answers in Genesis Evidence now supports astronomers’ belief that the sun’s power comes from the fusion of hydrogen into helium deep in the sun’s core, but there is a huge problem.
Not Just Another Star
| Answers in Genesis Our sun is just a tiny yellow star in a vast collection that could support life. You’ll hear this more and more. Don’t believe it.
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Shining Right Away
| Answers in Genesis When God created the sun, it was shining right away—not because the photons had taken a long time to travel from the core, but because God made the sun hot!
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Is the Sun Shrinking?
| Answers in Genesis Some biblical creationists have suggested the sun is shrinking, which is unlikely—but that still doesn't mean a nuclear-powered sun is billions of years old.
Our Sun Is Special
| Answers in Genesis We’ve all heard that our sun is just another boring yellow
star, but biblical creationists know better. God made it special
to support life on earth.
Rocket Science for the Glory of God!
| Answers in Genesis The purpose of this book is to give you a starting point in understanding rocket science from a biblical perspective and how to defend your faith in a currently secular space industry.
Rocket Science Confirms Biblical Creation
| Answers in Genesis Is rocket science purely secular, and should we just leave the Bible out of it? Obviously not. As briefly shown in this article, by starting our thinking with the Bible (i.e., through a biblical “lens”), we expect the universe to be organized and to consistently obey the natural laws that make rocket science possible.
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A Brief History of Rocket Science
| Answers in Genesis How believers in biblical creation started rocket science in the twentieth century and the study’s continued dependence upon the orderly construction of the universe by God
2020 Hindsight: The Astronomy Year in Review
| Answers in Genesis Happy New Year! With COVID-19, 2020 was a weird year, a year many of us are glad to see go. Hopefully, 2021 will see the demise of COVID-19 and the many restrictions prompted by concerns about its spread, and so perhaps we soon can get back to normal.