Many independent sets of observations confirm that only about six percent of all the ordinary matter (neutrons and protons) in the universe is made up of stars and stellar remnants.1The other 94 … more

Phosphates serve as the backbone for all nucleic acids and are the major repository of chemical energy for metabolism. The human body contains about 11,000 parts per million of phosphorus by weight. … more

Yet multiple Bible passages1 described this cosmic feature—making a bold scientific prediction—more than 2,400 years previous to its discovery.

While astronomers have developed many tests … more

A new tool for examining the nature of the universe’s enigmatic dark energy may yield clues to the future of the cosmos. In the late 1960's two Russian scientists, Rashid Sunyaev and Yakov … more

Likewise, the discovery of over 300 extrasolar gas giant planets combined with spacecraft missions to explore the outer solar system is beginning to establish the rare gas giant planet system … more

It may seem ironic, but the same physical law that governs the decay process also makes engines work and physical life possible. The second law of thermodynamics, also known as the law of increasing … more

The latest and most definitive measurement puts the mass of that black hole at 3,600,000 times the mass of the Sun.1

The Milky Way Galaxy’s central black hole by itself is not dangerous to … more

NASA scientists recently published a stunning reproduction of the Milky Way Galaxy using data taken with the Spitzer telescope. As seen in the image below, two large spiral arms emanate from a central … more

Cosmologists tell us that our universe is made up of 4% ordinary matter, 22% dark matter, and 74% dark energy. The latter two components are “exotic” in that scientists can only speculate … more

However, some of the biggest explosions in the universe are providing us with the most accurate tools for measuring distances out to the edge of our observable universe. And they just got better.

I … more

Taken alone, any of the four techniques used to test for fever leads most parents to the proper conclusion that the child is ill. However, with each subsequent measurement, the strength of the … more

As scientists gain understanding of the universe of the details of the universe’s features, their knowledge bodes well for the biblically consistent class of big bang models. In early March, the … more

In my previous contribution to Today’s New Reason To Believe I described how Bayesian statistical analysis by two Polish researchers on the latest measurements defining the history of the … more

At two different outreach events this past month I met both atheists and young-earth creationists who expressed skepticism concerning the evidence I presented for the biblically predicted big bang … more

During graduate school I used a telescope in southern Arizona. The long, winding mountain road to the ridge where this telescope sat passed a twenty-foot boulder that had fallen off its perch and slid … more

They argue it is dangerous to hang any part of our theology on the “quicksand” of changing and uncertain science. Of course, the very nature of science is uncertainty. No scientist worth … more