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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Men on Mars? Updates from the Red Planet

Mars, visible just before sunrise from October to December, has been in the news regularly. In fact, there are 8 spacecrafts studying the red planet!
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Guest Writer10 min read

The Copernican Revolution – Differently

A Different look at the Copernican Revolution.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.3 min read

Mountains on Mole Hills and Volcanoes in Strange Lands

Did you know only one mountain on earth (not Everest!) makes the top 10 list of our solar system’s highest mountains? Also there are volcanoes in space!
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.4 min read

On the Warping and the Wonders of the Milky Way

Recent discoveries on the Milky Way show us that it is warped. Here's how to find the Milky Way in the night sky and a slideshow of Milky Way images.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.7 min read

Technologies Old and New: Harnessing the Power of the Sun and More

Did you know there are “widespread ruins of an abandoned solar-power technology” revealing that humans have harnessed the power of the sun for centuries?
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Dr. Vera Rubin and Why Dark Matter Matters

Because of Dr. Vera Rubin, dark matter became a household term in the 1980’s, but we still aren’t sure what it is or even if it really exists.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.4 min read

An Update on the Solar Parker Probe

From solstices, sunspots, and solar wind, the Sun continues to fascinate us. Here's an update on the Solar Parker probe which launched to the sun in 2018.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.3 min read

Why Catholics Should Learn about Science

Why science for Catholics? "Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes."
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Habitable Worlds and the Origin of Water

At the Thomistic Institute's symposium, Novelty in Nature, Dr. Karin Oberg, PhD, delivered a fascinating presentation on the origin of water.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.6 min read

Apollo 11’s 50th Anniversary: Celebrating the 'Third Astronaut'

There was a third astronaut who played an almost hidden but key role in the historic moon mission: command module pilot, Michael Collins.
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Magis Center1 min read

[Podcast] Now You Can Hear Fr. Spitzer Live Every Other Wednesday 

Relevant Radio’s podcast, A Closer Look™, has made it possible for listeners to hear Fr. Spitzer every other Wednesday in a captivating ongoing series.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Black Holes, Stephen Hawking, and the Evangelical Physicist Who Proved Him Wrong

The story of how a faithful Christian found no conflict between his faith and his work as a physicist. All while proving Stephen Hawking wrong.
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