Astronomy

Didn’t the Big Bang Model Fail in Its Predictions?

April 22, 2022

Question of the week: Didn’t the big bang model predict that the universe would be filled with monopoles, that different regions of the universe...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Taking the Big Bang’s Temperature

April 4, 2022

During my teens and twenties, the lead into a frequent summer joke punchline was as follows: "It sure was hot today." "How hot was...

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Summary of Reasons to Believe’s Testable Creation Model

March 1, 2022

One reason we evangelicals have had so little impact on secular society with our creation teachings is that we try to teach Genesis without...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Did Star Births Cease after Creation Day Six?

February 4, 2022

Question of the week: Young-earth creationists I know insist that star birth (formation) ceased after creation day six. As an astronomer, how do you respond? My...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Should We Worry That the Sun Will Incinerate Earth?

December 3, 2021

Question of the week: What do you think about the fact that in 5 billion years our Sun will be so big that it will...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Lunar Design for the Origin and History of Life

November 1, 2021

King David declares in Psalm 8:3, "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Dating the Cosmic Dawn and Testing Creation

September 13, 2021

Beginnings tell us a lot about children. A child's "firsts" inform us about his or her personality, development, and adult future. For these reasons...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Is Ongoing Star Formation Unproven?

September 10, 2021

Question of the week:  I heard from some Christians that the theory of star formation from gas clouds is unproven and that astronomers have...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Resolving Hubble Constant and Creation Tension

August 2, 2021

Ever since it was proposed a century ago, the big bang creation model has been under scrutiny and ongoing refinement. Discordance between a measurement...

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Baryon Acoustic Oscillations Boost Case for Cosmic Creation

July 26, 2021

My colleague Fazale (Fuz) Rana has been full-time with me at Reasons to Believe (RTB) for the past 22 years. As a biochemist, he...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Neutron Star Mergers, Part 2: Evidence for Design

July 19, 2021

In last week’s post, "Neutron Star Mergers, Part 1: Evidence for Creation," I described how astronomers’ observations of binary neutron star merging events is...

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Neutron Star Mergers, Part 1: Evidence for Creation

July 12, 2021

The early twentieth-century discovery of the cosmic expansion rate convinced astronomers that the universe had a beginning. Mounting evidence since then has yielded greater...

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by Hugh Ross Read