Enjoying God’s Universe While Isolated, on a Budget

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 starry night sky is a good reminder of God’s greatness and power.

Comet ATLAS: Nighttime Diversion for Isolated Families

For northern-hemisphere families in isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic, a recently discovered comet may provide some needed diversion.1 This comet is dubbed ATLAS after the Hawaiian organization that discovered it: the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert system. The comet is barely bright enough to be seen with binoculars under dark sky conditions.2

Actor Says Virus Is Earth’s Response to Humanity

English actor Idris Elba believes the COVID-19 virus is a defensive action by the Earth against the harm humanity is doing to it.1


"Hot Jupiter" on the Verge of Destruction

Astronomers have discovered a Jupiter-sized extrasolar planet (exoplanet) orbiting so close to its host star that it is “perilously close” to the distance where it can be torn apart by gravitational forces.1-3


New Estimate: Universe Two Billion Years Younger

Big Bang scientists recently used a new method to estimate the universe’s age. This method yields an age estimate that could be over two billion years younger than their current age estimate of 13.8 billion years.1,2 However, this new method has large uncertainties, so not too much can be made of this result.

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