Tag: Astronomy
Are solar eclipses evidence of a cosmic designer?
by Peter Mullen November 14, 2012.
Print: The Telegraph
Peter Mullen claims that we cannot explain a solar eclipse with “scientific jargon”.
Voice of Reason: Lawrence Krauss - “Reality is Liberating”
By Lawrence Krauss June 20, 2012.
Video: dogmaticCURE
It’s better to know how the world really works than to be consoled by fables and myths.
Pale Blue Dot
By Carl Sagan April 23, 2012.
Print: Inspired Speeches
Text and video of Carl Sagan’s famous ‘Pale Blue Dot’ speech.
Milky Way could contain billions of habitable planets like Earth, says study
By Gavin Allen January 12, 2012.
Print: The Daily Mail
Habitable planets may be in orbit around billions of stars in the Milky Way, a long-term study has suggested.
Settlement in the Gaskell case
January 29, 2011.
Print: National Center for Science Education
A settlement has been reached in the case of creationist astronomer Martin Gaskell, who was passed over as the director of the new observatory for the University of Kentucky, and who sued the university for religious discrimination.
Galileo, four centuries on: As important as Darwin
August 12, 2009.
Print: Economist
In praise of astronomy, the most revolutionary of sciences
