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Picture Perfect: A Youthful Saturn - Aug 24, 2020
/article/picture-perfect-a-youthful-saturnJake 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
/article/venus-may-be-geologically-activeJake 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
/article/perseid-meteor-shower-peaks-next-weekJake 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
/article/is-creation-evidence-ambiguousJake 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
/article/july-astronomical-highlightsJake 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...
Environmentalist Apologizes for Climate Change Alarmism - Jul 17, 2020
/article/environmentalist-apologize-climate-change-alarmismJake Hebert, Ph.D. - In late June, Forbes magazine published an article by environmentalist and climate activist Michael Shellenberger in which he apologized for thirty years of climate alarmism promoted by the environmental movement. Shellenberger thinks climate...
Comet Now Visible to the Naked Eye - Jul 15, 2020
/article/comet-now-visible-to-the-naked-eyeJake Hebert, Ph.D. - Stargazers have been disappointed earlier this year by comets ATLAS and SWAN, which disintegrated before they could put on good celestial shows. But another comet is now appearing in the sky and delighting stargazers.1,2 This comet has been...
Saharan Dust Cloud Strikes United States - Jul 14, 2020
/article/saharan-dust-cloud-strikes-united-statesJake Hebert, Ph.D. - Recently, the southeastern United States was hit by a huge cloud of dust from the Sahara desert that drifted across the Atlantic Ocean. A second such cloud arrived soon after.1,2 These Saharan dust clouds are actually quite common, but this plume...
Titan Receding from Saturn Faster than Expected - Jul 10, 2020
/article/titan-receding-from-saturn-faster-than-expectedJake Hebert, Ph.D. - Data obtained from the Cassini space probe show that Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is receding away from Saturn a hundred times faster than scientists previously thought.1,2 Titan is moving away from Saturn for basically the same reason...
Lunar Recession in the News - Jun 25, 2020
/article/lunar-recession-in-the-newsJake Hebert, Ph.D. - Recently, the issue of the moon’s motion away from Earth was discussed on a popular science website.1,2 The author of the article is a geologist who disputes the creationist claim that the moon’s gradual recession from the Earth is a...