Category Science

Science and the Old Testament

Is the Bible a science book?  How should we react when we read things in the Bible that seem to contradict well established scientific facts?  Let’s see what St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas had to say about the matter.…

Venus and Jupiter, in conjunction

As seen from my home in Guam, Venus and Jupiter in a conjunction event in the western sky after sunset on June 30, 2015.  Some say a similar event could explain the “Star of Bethlehem“.

Reaching out to a…comet!

On November 12, 2014, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe will attempt to put it’s lander, called “Philae” onto the surface of comet  67P  While mankind has put exploring craft on Mars and the moon, and sent craft to several other…