Exoplanets

Are Exomoons Habitable?

May 15, 2023

In last week’s Today’s New Reason to Believe I explained the crucial role and possible dangers that a large moon plays in a planet’s habitability.1 In a...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Moons: Life’s Friends or Foes?

May 8, 2023

Astronomers’ quest to find another planet capable of supporting life continues in earnest. As they compile their findings, we all learn more about what...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Earth’s Magnetosphere Appears Designed for Habitability

March 27, 2023

Without Earth’s longstanding, magnificent magnetosphere, we wouldn’t be here nor would any life. The Sun would have sputtered away the entirety of the planet’s...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Jupiter: No Ordinary Planet

August 16, 2019

Each planet in our solar system possesses unique and fascinating features. Earth hosts an abundant, dazzling array of life. Mars houses the largest volcanoes...

Astronomy

by Jeff Zweerink Read

Earth, an Extraordinary Magnet for Life

April 15, 2019

We might take it for granted, but our planet’s magnetic field is no sure thing. A just-published research paper by three Australian astronomers shows...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Exoplanets’ Climate Instabilities Reveal Earth’s Fine-Tuning

July 30, 2018

In my last three blogs I described the inevitable climate instabilities that occur on Earth as a result of subtle variations in Earth’s rotation...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Maybe We Are Alone in the Universe

June 29, 2018

Back in the summer of 1950, famed physicist Enrico Fermi visited Los Alamos National Laboratory and discussed the possibility of interstellar travel with his...

Extraterrestrials & UFOs

by Jeff Zweerink Read

Birth of Exomoon Astronomy

February 5, 2018

Many eyes were trained toward the night skies with the recent, rare, super blue blood Moon. While such spectacular events in the solar system...

Astronomy

by Hugh Ross Read

Resolving the Super-Earth Paradox

January 8, 2018

Researchers looking to solve the super-Earth paradox finally have found what very likely is the resolution. Their resolution also has revealed more evidence for...

Geology & Earth

by Hugh Ross Read

NASA and Google Announce Discovery of Eight-Planet System

December 15, 2017

On December 14, NASA and Google announced the discovery of an eighth planet orbiting the star Kepler 90. Other media outlets picked up the...

Astronomy

by Hugh Ross Read

More Evidence for Rare Solar System Doctrine

December 11, 2017

The planets in the solar system are a diverse lot. A new study indicates that extrasolar planetary systems are not. The eight planets in...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

No Snowballs Out There, but Thank God for Snowballs Here

September 17, 2017

Snowballs remind us of the presence of water on Earth—a feature that highlights our planet’s habitability. However, most of the so-called habitable planets in...

Astronomy

by Hugh Ross Read