Here's a conference I'm not going to: Galileo Was Wrong: The Church Was Right -- First Annual Catholic Conference on Geocentrism. Here are the talks: Geocentrism: They Know It But They're Hiding It Introduction to the Mechanics of Geocentrism Scientific Experiments Showing Earth Motionless in Space Scientific Evidence: Earth in the Center of the Universe …
Category: Astronomy
Stephen Hawking’s mistake
When Stephen Hawking writes a book, people pay attention. His latest volume, The Grand Design, coauthored by Leonard Mlodinow, has made a media splash because Hawking, who used "god language" in his earlier works, has come to the conclusion that there is no need for any sort of god to explain the origin of the …
Has Science Disproved Christianity?
I highly recommend "Has Science Disproved Christianity?", a talk given by Dr. Charles Kankelborg at the Evangelical Free Church of Bozeman, Montana earlier this month. Dr. Kankelborg is a professor of physics at Montana State University. The audio file is available from the Bozeman Evangelical Free Church site (Scroll down to November 1, 2009) Here …
Mars dust devil trails
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day: Martian Dust Devil Trails The APOD description for this image: Who's been marking up Mars? This portion of a recent high-resolution picture from the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows twisting dark trails criss-crossing light colored terrain on the martian surface. Newly formed trails like these …
Starry Night
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day: Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. Grace and Peace
The Same Color Illusion
From today's Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Same Color Illusion, which illustrates the problem of inaccurate observation in science. Which is darker, A or B? APOD's description: Are square A and B the same color? They are. Are too. To verify this, click here to see them connected. The above illusion, called the same …
Water on the moon
From the NASA Image of the Day Gallery: Water Detected at High Latitudes on the Moon --- From the decription: NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper, an instrument on the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 mission, took this image of Earth's moon. It is a three-color composite of reflected near-infrared radiation from the sun, and illustrates the …
Butterfly nebula
From today's Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Butterfly Nebula from Upgraded Hubble. Grace and Peace
Religious belief among scientists
Here are some results of a PEW Research Center study on the religious and political beliefs of scientists: Statistic #1 42% -- Scientists ages 18-34 who say they believe in God. 28% -- Scientists 65 and older who say this. What does this mean? Does it mean that an increasing number of scientists believe in …
A cheaper way to get humans to Mars: One-way tickets
NASA's Astrobiology Magazine has the text of a presentation given by physicist Paul Davies: A One-way Ticket to Mars. The greatest expense in sending a group of astronauts to Mars is actually getting them back to Earth. Davies estimates that we may be able to save up to 80% of the costs by sending a …
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NASA Earth Observatory turns 10 — Winning image
The votes are in from the NASA Earth Observatory's viewers' favorites contest, and the winning image out of over 3000 possibilities is: A view of Earth from Saturn. To see the top ten vote-getters go to Earth Observatory's Top Ten Images of the Day. Grace and Peace
Space art: black hole accretion disk
From yesterday's Astronomy Picture of the Day: The View Near a Black Hole: I've got this one set as my desktop background. Though a black hole itself is invisible, its powerful gravity sucks in gases from surrounding space. These gases become extremely hot as they spiral into the black hole, emiting x-rays and other electromagnetic …
Sand dunes on Mars
From today's Astronomy Picture of the Day: Flowing Barchan Sand Dunes on Mars This view includes crescent-shaped barchans as well as lonitudinal dunes. The prevailing wind is from the right to the left. Grace and Peace
Hawaiian Star Trails
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day has a short video showing the lengthening of star trails as the Earth rotates on its axis. It's pretty cool, especially as the moon rises. Go to APOD for the movie. Grace and Peace
Satellite cloud
On Tuesday two satellites, one Russian and one American, collided by accident at about 10 km/s over Siberia (CNN story). The US Space Surveillance Network uses radar and optical sensors to track all of the satellites and thousands of pieces of "space junk" that orbit the Earth. From the SSN space surveillance description page: The …
Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine's Day from the heart-shaped giant star forming region W5 in Cassiopeia: Credit: Lori Allen, Xavier Koenig (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) et al., JPL-Caltech, NASA (Astronomy Picture of the Day August 29, 2008) Grace and Peace P.S. My Valentine's Day entry last year was Mars and Valentine's Day.
Uber space nerd
According to NerdTests.com, I can now add the title of Master of Uber Space Nerd's Mentor to my resume. HT: GeoTripper Grace and Peace
Moon rover
NASA's Image of the Day Gallery has a concept of what the next lunar rover will look like: Here's the description from NASA: NASA's Next Generation Moon Rover In the year 2020, NASA will be back on the moon. This time NASA will explore thousands of miles of the moon's surface with individual missions lasting …
Martian methane
From LiveScience.com: Mars Methane: Geology or Biology? Plumes of methane gas detected over certain locations on Mars in 2003 could point to active geological processes on the red planet, or perhaps even to methane-burping microbes deep below the Martian surface, a new study reports. There is no firm evidence for life on the red planet, …
Day-age time chart
One of the most prominent old-Earth creation organizations is Reasons to Believe, headed by astronomer Hugh Ross. Ross is an advocate of what is known as the day-age interpretation of Genesis 1-2. In the day-age theory, the days of Genesis 1 are not literal 24-hour days, but represent vastly longer periods of time. Ross advocates …
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