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astronomy

The View from Up There: Gravity and Aningaaq

February 1, 2016 by Randal

I’m a big fan of astronomer Phil Plait’s science blogging. Today he posted some awesome photos snapped serendipitously by astronomer Steve Cullen atop Mauna Kea. Cullen caught striking images of a Chinese rocket burning up as it fell back into earth’s atmosphere. If you haven’t seen the pics yet, check them out here: “SPECTACULAR Photos of a Rocket Re-Entering Over Hawaii!” […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Alfonso Cuaron, Aningaaq, astronomy, Gravity, outer space, Sandra Bullock

78. Hugh Ross on God, Science, and Reasons to Believe

December 7, 2015 by Randal

Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously proposed three so-called laws that memorably capture the wonder of scientific advance. According to the third law, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” If that’s true, science has made the world a truly magical place. And it is true. Just think how an iPhone would appear […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, astronomy, Hugh Ross, interview, podcast, Reasons to Believe, science

Are we there yet? The long journey to Pluto

June 24, 2015 by Randal

This summer, parents around the world are going to endure that familiar whine from the backseat: are we there yet? At those moments just be thankful that your road trip is not as long as the journey of the New Horizons probe to humble Pluto. Here is a great website for the probe with the latest […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: astronomy, Pluto, science, space exploration

God, atheism, and the de-centered universe

July 3, 2011 by Randal

My post on Neil deGrasse Tyson laid the foundations for an “argument from cosmic indifference” that I will be considering closely in the week (or weeks) to come. It is a powerful argument (rhetorically if not logically) though it is rarely put into formal terms. I am going to evaluate it closely. But first I […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: astronomy, atheism, cosmology, God, theism, universe

Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses religion, bacteria, and the meaning of life

June 30, 2011 by Randal

Neil deGrasse Tyson, writer, scientist and host of the PBS program Nova, is my favorite science-popularizer. However, that doesn’t mean I agree with him, certainly not when it comes to metaphysics or theology. Here is a great piece of rhetoric from Tyson on whether there is a meaning to life (or the universe on the whole). I […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: agnosticism, astronomy, atheism, meaning of life, Neil deGrasse Tyson

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