For families seeking worthwhile home-based science activities, Comet SWAN presents another opportunity to do some backyard astronomy and to celebrate God’s celestial handiwork.^1,2 For those living under very dark Southern Hemisphere skies, far from city lights, the comet is already visible to the naked eye, though just barely.

The third and last supermoon of 2020 occurs this week on May 6 and 7.¹ For families isolated due to the coronavirus, this is a nice opportunity to do some backyard astronomy and to appreciate God’s celestial handiwork.²

Some are pointing out that the coronavirus shutdown presents an opportunity to test a major climate change assumption.^1-3 Because global industrial activity has been curtailed due to the pandemic, pollution in certain urban areas has decreased dramatically.⁴ This decrease in industrial activity should also theoretically decrease global carbon dioxide emissions.

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.