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Jumping Jupiter Scenario Reveals More Evidence for Design

Publication by ( January 7, 2014 )

It is becoming increasingly evident that, unlike the 797 known extrasolar planetary systems, the Sun’s array of planets is exquisitely fine-tuned for the existence of advanced life. Recent studies of Jupiter and Saturn add substantially to the accumulating evidence for why, in spite of the probable existence of billions of planets in the Milky Way Galaxy, our solar system may be alone in manifesting all the attributes for sustaining advanced life.

Astronomy
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RTB Design Compendium (2009)

Publication by ( November 16, 2010 )

“Why the Universe Is the Way It Is” and “More Than A Theory” As a supplement to material presented in Why the Universe Is the Way It Is (see Appendix C) and in his university lectures, Hugh Ross makes available a catalog of cosmic design evidences, along with a bibliography of the journal articles and […]

Design
General Relativity Passes Another Test

General Relativity Passes Another Test

Publication by ( March 6, 2006 )

RTB’s cosmic creation model has gained additional support as general relativity passed another test. General relativity predicts that as two massive bodies orbit each other, they emit gravitational waves that cause the orbital radius and period to decrease. Astronomers observed this decrease in a close binary system (two stars with an orbital period of 6 hours) consisting of a pulsar and a white dwarf star. Detailed analysis of this two-star system further limited how much the laws of physics can vary throughout the universe by constraining violations of the strong equivalence principle. Additionally, the measured pulsar mass restricts models of neutron stars containing exotic components such as quark stars. These results confirm the validity of general relativity—a vital part of RTB’s cosmic creation model.

Physics & Mathematics
Cloud Drop Charges

Cloud Drop Charges

Publication by ( October 16, 2004 )

A new discovery reveals more evidence for the supernatural design of Earth’s features for the benefit of advanced life. American atmospheric scientists measured an average of 80-90 negative or positive charges each for cloud droplets in the 10-26 microns size range for clouds floating high above Earth’s surface. Electrical charges of this magnitude would speed up how quickly droplets would merge to form raindrops large enough to fall as precipitation. The researchers determined that the high charges originate from vertical air movement at cloud boundaries. Consequently, for rainfall rates to be at the just-right levels for advanced life, the average electrical charge per cloud droplet must be fine-tuned, which in turn implies a fine-tuning of cloud boundary properties and the upper movement of air at such cloud boundaries. Such fine-tuning seems no accident of nature.

Geology & Earth
Smaller Stars Offer Little Hope

Smaller Stars Offer Little Hope

Publication by ( May 2, 2007 )

The recent discovery of an Earth-sized planet around a nearby star generated a lot of excitement in the scientific community – and rightly so. For one thing, most exoplanets (planets outside the solar system) are gas giants like Jupiter and thus have no potential to sustain life. While an earth-sized planet clearly presents far more possibilities, one must ask the question whether that single criterion justifies the enthusiasm that scientists will find life.

Astronomy
Book Reviews: Speculations on Origins

Book Reviews: Speculations on Origins

Publication by ( October 1, 2001 )

Why, in spite of entropy, nature’s imperative to overall disorder, does life on Earth become so much more complex and biochemically diverse as time passes? Investigations asks this question while attempting to bring Stuart Kauffman’s concepts of self-organization into mainstream science. A recipient of the Mac Arthur Fellowship, Kauffman has one of the keenest minds in the naturalist camp. He is a founding member of the Santa Fe Institute, where he conducts research into the emerging science of complexity. His more well known books include The Origins of Order and At Home in the Universe.

Design
A Stellar Array: An Interview with Dr. David Rogstad

A Stellar Array: An Interview with Dr. David Rogstad

Publication by ( September 9, 2019 )

Dr. David (Dave) H. Rogstad serves as executive vice president of Reasons To Believe with the goal of developing effective teamwork. An accomplished scientist, Dave earned his Ph.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He conducted research there on galaxies for over ten years, interrupted by a two-year stint in Holland doing related research in radio astronomy. From Caltech, Dave went to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to supervise teams working on such projects as the Galileo mission and on Hypercube concurrent computation. Before retiring from JPL, he published over twenty scientific papers on various aspects of aperture synthesis and interferometric techniques, as well as reports on experiments in radio astronomy and related fields. Currently a consultant for JPL, Dave is cowriting a book on an antenna array technique developed by his team for the Galileo program. In this FACTS for FAITH interview, Dave speaks of his background, his involvement with Hugh Ross, and his zeal for living a successful Christian life.

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Latest Research Beats Out the Mixmaster Model

Latest Research Beats Out the Mixmaster Model

Publication by ( January 1, 2010 )

During my graduate school days, when evidence for a big bang universe was growing exponentially, “mixmaster” models for the universe gained popularity as a potential escape, a loophole for those wanting to ignore the implications of a cosmic beginning in the recent past (as in a few billion or tens of billions of years ago). At that time, such models seemed the best, if not the only, way to explain how the universe came to be so homogeneous (all component parts having the same composition and structure) and isotropic (all points in space manifesting the same physical properties and same physical history).

Astronomy