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The Biblical Basis for Peer Review - Jun 30, 2014
/article/biblical-basis-for-peer-reviewJason Lisle, Ph.D. - How does ICR ensure the accuracy and reliability of its articles? Responsible scientists are firmly committed to a publication process called peer review. This iron-sharpening-iron (Proverbs 27:17) procedure ensures that articles on a given topic...
The Solar System: Asteroids and Comets - Apr 30, 2014
/article/solar-system-asteroids-cometsJason Lisle, Ph.D. - In the year 1801, Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered a new planet in our solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Named Ceres, this new world was far smaller than the other planets, but unlike a moon it orbited the sun...
The Solar System: Pluto - Mar 31, 2014
/article/solar-system-plutoJason Lisle, Ph.D. - In 1930, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered a faint point of light orbiting the sun beyond Neptune. The new world “Pluto” was considered the ninth planet for 76 years, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union voted to...
The Solar System: Neptune - Feb 28, 2014
/article/solar-system-neptuneJason Lisle, Ph.D. - The year was 1989. A small, unmanned space probe rapidly approached the mysterious and unexplored planet Neptune. Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 spacecraft had already visited Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, imaging each of these beautiful worlds...
The Solar System: Uranus - Jan 31, 2014
/article/solar-system-uranusJason Lisle, Ph.D. - For millennia, the science of astronomy was limited to observations that could be made with the unaided eye. That changed in the 1600s with the invention of the telescope. As telescopes grew in size and optical quality, these marvelous...
The Solar System: Saturn - Dec 30, 2013
/article/solar-system-saturnJason Lisle, Ph.D. - When people peer into a telescope and see Saturn for the first time, the typical response is “Wow!” All the other planets appear as simple disks with a few surface features, but Saturn’s rich system of rings makes it look more...
The Solar System: Jupiter - Nov 27, 2013
/article/solar-system-jupiterJason Lisle, Ph.D. - The planet Jupiter is a wonderful example of the creativity of the Lord. It is remarkably different from the worlds we have examined previously in this Impact series. Jupiter does not possess a solid surface but is an enormous spheroid of...
The Solar System: Mars - Oct 31, 2013
/article/solar-system-marsJason Lisle, Ph.D. - Although Venus has been called Earth’s sister due to the similar size of these two worlds, the planet that appears most earthlike at its surface is undoubtedly Mars. A solid, rocky world, Mars is just over half the size of Earth in...
The Solar System: Earth and Moon - Sep 30, 2013
/article/solar-system-earth-moonJason Lisle, Ph.D. - When the Voyager 1 spacecraft reached the edge of our solar system in 1990, it turned its camera around and photographed Earth. From such a tremendous distance, the earth appears as a tiny bluish-white grain of sand lost in an ocean of black....
The Solar System: Venus - Aug 30, 2013
/article/solar-system-venusJason Lisle, Ph.D. - For millennia, people have enjoyed the sight of the “evening star” shining brightly in the western sky shortly after sunset. Outshining all other stars, this remarkable beacon seems to brighten to unbelievable glory as twilight fades...