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Today, botanists estimate that there are over 300 thousand species of plants, ranging from Lycopods like the tiny club moss, conifers like pine and the mighty cedar, and angiosperms like the beautiful rose or the wheat that makes a loaf of bread. It’s safe to say that we would be in big trouble without these … Read More

Also known as the ‘Dog Star’, Sirius is thought to be 8.6 light years away. It is actually a binary or double-star system, composed of the primary star, Sirius A, and the faint Sirius B beside it. Some observers refer to these two as Sirius and his pup. The hottest part of the year, known … Read More

What a stunning sight… To look up in the night sky, and see the full moon shining brightly…That’s not its own light you’re seeing. The moon can’t generate light. But its surface DOES reflect the light of the Sun – 93 million miles away. The Moon is, on average, 239,000 miles from Earth; it’s just … Read More

God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the … Read More

Most people have been taught that we as humans are nothing more than a product of evolution—-that millions of years ago, you and I were only tiny organisms swimming in a pond. Some would lead us to believe that over time, we began to hang by our tails from trees and eat ants out of … Read More

When we look at the universe in all its vastness, it is easy to think of the Earth as small, and insignificant. However, Earth has some extraordinary characteristics that enable it to survive in a universe that is – for the most part – hostile to life. The Galactic Habitable Zone is an area of … Read More

Mars, known as the red planet is the outermost of the rocky planets. It has a diameter of approximately 4 thousand miles – about half the size of the Earth. Even though it IS much smaller, Mars – a terrestrial planet – has about the same total land area as the Earth because it does … Read More

Every star we see is a burning mass of plasma, similar to the sun. Even so, our Sun is not just any old star. It is a main sequence G2 Here on Earth, we’re about 93 million miles from the Sun. That might sound trivial, but it’s a very important distance. We are situated in … Read More

Genesis 1:16 tells us that the moon was created by God as a light to rule the night. However, some astronomers have taken God out of the picture, and come up with many theories on how the moon could have originated through cosmic evolution. To name a few, The Fission Theory, The Capture Theory, The … Read More

Sir William Herschel was a prominent astronomer of the late 18th and early 19th century. His discovery of Uranus in 1781 brought the number of known planets in our solar system to seven. Totaling over 400 in his lifetime, Herschel’s telescopes became his ultimate passion, and most were designed at his home. He was known … Read More

The German astronomer, Sir William Herschel, would explore the night skies in great detail over the course of his lifetime. The majesty of our Creator’s heavenly handiwork was increasingly revealed through his important discoveries. Quite a grand description of the planet Saturn was expressed by Herschel after careful observations through his telescope: “There is not … Read More

Sir Frederick William Herschel was born in Hanover Germany, in 1738. His father was a musician who encouraged the young Herschel in the art of music, as well as mathematics. Aside from his native tongue of German, he also quickly picked up French, English, and Latin, and at 15, entered military service. With a self-professed … Read More

The practice of astrology involves using stars, planets, and constellations for signs. According to the Biblical record, the sun, moon and stars were to be for signs, seasons, days and years. So, does this make astrology Biblically acceptable? Actually, quite the contrary. One major difference between scriptural signs and the pagan practices of astrology is … Read More

Today, there is a growing trend to elevate nature to the level of the authority of the Holy Bible. Some even reference “The Bible” and “The Book of Nature” as if they were equal. Galileo speaks poetically of the “book of nature”, and indeed, all of God’s creation is like an open book, full of … Read More

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a falling star! Or is it? If you’ve ever seen a bright glow streaking through the sky at night, you probably have already guessed: It’s not an actual star. There are millions of particles that hit Earth’s atmosphere every day. They range from the size of a grain of … Read More

When I give presentations on the beauty of God’s creation, and how the heavens declare the glory of God, there are often those who will mistakenly reference what I present as astrology. I quickly correct them, pointing out that the field of science being discussed is called ASTRONOMY. The two terms do sound remarkably similar … Read More