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Hot Neptune Atmosphere "Shouldn't Exist" - Nov 5, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - An exoplanet 260 light-years away is being described as the first of its kind ever detected.1,2 This exoplanet, catalogued as LTT 9779b, is called an “ultra-hot Neptune” because of its large size and nearness to its host star. This...

Milankovitch Ice Age Theory in the News - Oct 26, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - A letter to the editor in Nature Geoscience notes that this year marks the 100-year anniversary of Milutin Milankovitch’s (Milanković’s) book explaining how slow changes in Earth’s orbital and astronomical motions could affect its...

Was This Cave Bear Really “Prehistoric”? - Oct 5, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - The preserved carcass of a “prehistoric” cave bear has been discovered in melting permafrost on an Arctic Russian Island.1,2 Reindeer herders discovered the remains of the adult cave bear on Bolshoy (or Great) Lyakhovsky Island, part of...

ICR Paleoclimate Research Continues - Sep 30, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - Because the Genesis Flood caused the Ice Age,1 studies of Earth's past climate, or paleoclimatology, have long been a focus of the Institute for Creation Research’s research programs. One of my tasks is to build upon the Ice Age work of...

Comets: Signs of Youth - Aug 31, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - A comet in the night sky is an awe-inspiring sight (Figure 1). People throughout history have sometimes seen comets as portents of doom. However, God warned the people of Israel not to fear such signs in the heavens: Thus says the LORD:...

Picture Perfect: A Youthful Saturn - Aug 24, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - This summer, the Hubble Space Telescope took a brilliant new photograph of Saturn and its rings.1 Saturn’s moons Mimas and Enceladus can also be seen in the photo. For a number of years now, the Hubble Space Telescope has been taking yearly...

Venus May Be Geologically Active - Aug 13, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - Using computer simulations, a team of researchers has concluded the planet Venus could still be geologically active.1,2 The scientists used computers to simulate the formation of coronae—ring-shaped, volcanic structures on the planet’s...

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Next Week - Aug 7, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - Both amateur and professional stargazers have an opportunity to see a little more of God’s glory revealed in the heavens1 next week. The Perseid meteor shower is probably the best of all the annual meteor showers, and it is scheduled to put on...

Is Creation Evidence Ambiguous? - Jul 31, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - Is evidence for creation ambiguous? Could an honest seeker of truth reasonably conclude there is no God? Is the evolutionary old-earth story a reasonable inference from the scientific data? The Institute for Creation Research would forcefully...

July Astronomical Highlights - Jul 21, 2020

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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - This month (July 2020), multiple astronomical objects highlight God’s glory displayed in the heavens.1 For the next two weeks, all five planets visible to the naked eye—Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn—appear shortly...

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