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Hubble Telescope’s 30th Anniversary - Apr 25, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - Today (April 25th) marks the 30th anniversary of the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope by the crew of the space shuttle Discovery.1,2 The Hubble has greatly enhanced our view of God’s creation, serving to remind us that, “The...

Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week - Apr 20, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - The heavens are expected to declare even more of God’s glory1 this week. Probably early Wednesday morning, the Lyrid meteor shower will peak.2 For those who are socially isolated due to the coronavirus pandemic, this event is an opportunity to...

Tomorrow Morning: Last Chance to See Four Heavenly Bodies Align - Apr 15, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - For three days this week, four heavenly bodies are aligned in the sky: Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and the Moon.1 Many of us now have reduced work hours due to the coronavirus pandemic, so staying up late or getting up early to see special events in the...

Coronavirus Makes Climate Action More Urgent? - Apr 12, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - Early this week, the websites Phys.org and TheConversation.com published an editorial by John Hewson, former federal leader of the Australian Liberal Party, who claimed that the coronavirus pandemic has made it even more urgent for the world to...

Dark Matter Search Keeps Coming Up Empty - Apr 9, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - A recent study has ruled out a possible candidate for dark matter, the mysterious invisible “stuff” said to comprise 85% of the matter in our universe.1,2 The Big Bang model needs dark matter for a number of reasons. So, this is bad news...

Supermoon Tonight - Apr 7, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - Tonight’s (April 7) full moon is special because it occurs when the moon is close to perigee, the point in its orbit where it is closest to Earth.1,2 This event is called a perigee-syzygy by astronomers, but it is informally known as a...

Enjoying God’s Universe While Isolated, on a Budget - Apr 4, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - Around three thousand years, King David wrote, When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you visit him?1 The...

Fighting Coronavirus with Your PC or Mac - Apr 3, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - As of March 26, seven hundred thousand people involved in the Folding@Home project are using their home computers to form, in effect, the world’s fastest supercomputer.1 This virtual supercomputer can perform an astonishing billion, billion...

Volcanoes, Geoengineering, and the Post-Flood Ice Age - Apr 2, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - A recent study in March 2020 suggested that sulfur dioxide (SO2) injected into Earth’s stratosphere could fight global warming, with a minimum of adverse effects.1,2 Here at ICR we generally think alarmism over “global warming”...

Cosmic Rays, Sunspots, and Climate Change, Part 2 - Mar 31, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - Last month’s article described two possible mechanisms by which the sun could affect Earth’s weather and climate.1 Both mechanisms use the fact that the sun’s magnetic field greatly influences the number of fast-moving charged...

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