Extrasolar Planets
Another Extrasolar Comet Cloud
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New measurements by astronomers provide yet another refutation of a recent young-earth creationist prediction that large distant reservoirs of … more
Extrasolar Planets Update
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American astronomers have found more evidence that the solar system is uniquely designed for the support of life. The team discovered five new … more
Discovery of New Extrasolar Planets
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A recent announcement that astronomers had discovered small rocky planets like Earth—with the implication that life-supportable planets are … more
Extrasolar Planet Formation
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Two astronomers have discovered an additional design feature for the solar system. They have developed the most detailed theoretical model to date … more
Exotic Life Sites: The Feasibility of Far-Out Habitats
Most questioners are looking for a particular answer. Science fiction novels, The Planetary Society, and countless movies, from E.T. to Contact to Planet of the Apes, suggest that extraterrestrial … more
Interstellar Rocks Miss the Mark
by Roger Wiens
Where, when, and how did life originate? Answers to these questions prove more elusive than ever to the science community—specifically to those who demand a naturalistic answer. … more
Search for Planets Draws a Blank
Is the universe really rife with life sites, as Carl Sagan asserted?1 Research data continues to shape an answer to this question, but the weight of evidence falls, thus far, on the negative side. The … more
Aliens From Another World? Getting Here From There
Growing numbers of UFO and ETI cults, some overtly religious, others with the pretense of purely scientific endeavor, preach their own message of salvation for the human race, a message that directly … more
An Infinity of Universes
Dozens of cosmic characteristics must be exquisitely fine-tuned to make physical life possible. The degree of fine-tuning observed exceeds by many orders of magnitude the fine-tuning of which humans … more
First Detection of Earth-sized Planet?
A team of 41 astronomers from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States took advantage of a naturally occurring telescope to image a small planet orbiting a star somewhere between us and … more
Planet Quest- A Recent Success
Using the world’s largest optical telescope, the 400-inch KECK, three American astronomers recently discovered two Saturn-sized planets outside our solar system. Both orbit “main … more
A Twin or Not a Twin?
Recent studies of the Edgeworth-Kuiper asteroid belt reveal the “amazing circumstances” required to make our solar system a suitable place for life.1 The belt itself is a recent discovery. … more
The Heavens Resound with a Message for Mankind
Their investigation of planetary resonances (the intensification of gravitational effects resulting from orbital patterns and repeated, regular planetary alignments) indicates that without an … more
A Spectrum of Views on ETI
by Sam Conner, Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez, and Dr. Hugh Ross
The “Christian position” on extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) has been a matter of debate since the time of Thomas Aquinas.1, 2 … more