A new study published in Nature Communications claims to have figured out how the tectonic plates may have originated.¹ It’s been over 50 years since the theory of plate tectonics became an accepted idea in the scientific community. But, secular scientists are still struggling to explain both the origin of the continental crust and the tectonic plates.²

August is an important month for sunflowers—those gigantic, bright-yellow flowers with brownish, round seed heads bordered by radiating yellow ligules (petal-like rays) that resemble a shining, summer sun.^1,2,3 A recent report in the Chesapeake Bay Journal details some of the humble sunflower’s splendor, and those details should remind us that God’s bioengineering genius is

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 photographs of Saturn at about the time that Earth is closest to the planet, about 840 million miles away.

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 surface.

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 a “peak performance” in the early morning hours of Monday through Wednesday, August 12-13.²