habitable planets

Did Life Originate on Earth or in the Cosmos? Part 2

June 20, 2022

In last week's post, "Did Life Originate on Earth or in the Cosmos? Part 1," I described how an international, interdisciplinary team of 33...

Origin of Life & Astrobiology

by Hugh Ross Read

Life and the Transfer of Life Near the Galactic Center

March 26, 2018

In the latest issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters three astrophysicists claim that there are habitable planets near the center of our galaxy and that...

Biochemistry

by Hugh Ross Read

A Bad Weather Day for M Dwarfs

May 26, 2017

On August 24, 2016, the European Southern Observatory announced the discovery of a planet around our nearest star, Proxima Centauri. Six months later, NASA...

Geology & Earth

by Jeff Zweerink Read

Earth’s Seven Sisters: Are They Really Similar?

February 24, 2017

NASA just announced the discovery of the largest ever batch of Earth-size, habitable-zone planets around a single star, 39 light-years away ... Just how Earth-sized...

Astronomy

by Hugh Ross Read

The Importance of Plate Tectonics

October 21, 2016

Just one year after moving to Southern California, I experienced a dramatically different display of nature’s power. Early in the morning on October...

Design

by Jeff Zweerink Read

Water Plumes Provide an Opportunity to Test Models

September 30, 2016

Earlier this week, news of water plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa splashed across news headlines. The excitement about the discovery was not centered on...

Design

by Jeff Zweerink Read

Orbiting a Binary Star

August 12, 2016

Many people consider binary star systems as unlikely places to look for habitable planets. Planetary formation in such systems may experience difficulties not seen...

Astronomy

by Jeff Zweerink Read

More Evidence for the Design of Earthquake Activity

August 17, 2008

Faulting, generated by active and widespread tectonics, allowed a youthful Earth to support diverse and abundant life. In the December 2007 issue of Astrobiology...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Design of the Solar System’s Gas Giants

August 10, 2008

New understanding of the solar system by team of five theoreticians from three different continents has produced even more evidence for the design of...

Astronomy

by Hugh Ross Read