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Webb telescope finds possible signs of life on another planet

We might just have observed the first decent signs of life on another planet. We have NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to thank for the new evidence, gathering data from 120 light years away, outside of the Milky Way in the constellation Leo. The excitement stems from the

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"Astronauts Talk Disclosure of Extra-Terrestrial Contact"

This video was linked to me as a friend of a friend created it, by all accounts. It's ironic as I am finally listening to Carl Sagan's A Demon-Haunted World right now that deals explicitly with this sort of claim. Disclaimer - I have not watched

The Star of Bethlehem: Lecture by Aaron Adair at Merrimack College

The Star of Bethlehem: Lecture by Aaron Adair at Merrimack College

I was lucky enough to edit Aaron Adair's superb book The Star of Bethlehem: A Skeptical View which looks at the claims within the Gospel of Matthew concerning the Star of Bethlehem. Over the many hundreds of years, various people have advanced theories to explain the apparent phenomenon, to triple c

Star-struck. Putting the theories to bed.

As you will know from a couple of previous posts, I have edited a book by Aaron Adair about the Star of Bethlehem, called The Star of Bethlehem: A Skeptical View. Check it out. And check this interesting video out that Aaron has compiled documenting clips of all of the