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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.3 min read

Opportunity Rover Lost: Knowledge Gained

The Mars rover, Curiosity, has been much in the news lately, but the Opportunity rover has taken over the headlines as its mission has officially ended.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.4 min read

2018 Ends with Historic First—and 2019 Gets Off to a Spectacular Start

2018 ended with a historic first and 2019 gets off to a spectacular start with space explorationfFirsts, eclipses, and a super blood wolf moon.
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Magis Center< 1 min read

Doctors Can't Explain Why this Texas Girl’s Tumor Disappeared

In June 2018, Roxli Doss was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG. Now it's disappeared.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.2 min read

Catholic Scientist Receives Recognition 90 Years Later

Catholic scientist Georges Lemaître is finally credited for work he shared at an IAU meeting in 1928 with famous astronomer Edwin Hubble.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.5 min read

Latest News on Fr. Spitzer’s Vision

Read the latest on Fr. Spitzer's vision as well as more information about the treatment he is hoping to receive pending approval from the FDA.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.1 min read

NASA at 60: Moon Shadows and Music

This beautiful video pairs images of the moon captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter with Claude Debussy’s classic, Clair de Lune.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.3 min read

To Go Where Icarus Dared: NASA’S Mission to Touch the Sun

On August 12, 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe, beginning an exciting mission to get closer to the sun than any spacecraft in history.
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Lindsay Rudegeair1 min read

Two-Part Podcast Interview with Fr. Spitzer on the Man-Up Show

This two-part podcast interview with Fr. Robert Spitzer on the Man-Up Show focuses on evidence for God and the battle to reconcile faith and science.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.3 min read

A New Kind of Fossil Record Revisited

Recently, I wrote a post about a gene survey that examined 100,000 species. With the help of a Magis reader, we discovered another side to the story.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.4 min read

49 Years Later, the Moon Landing Still Astounds Us

The moon landing was an unforgettable event. Eyewitnesses to the televised event will tell you how it changed their lives; and it still astounds us today
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.2 min read

Light from the Stars - What NASA’s New Telescope Can (and Can't)Tell Us

The mission of the James Webb Space Telescope is to capture light from stars a million miles from earth - but do these images just lead to more questions?
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J. G. Miller1 min read

Father Spitzer and Credible Catholic Featured on Catholic News Service

Catholic News Service (CNS) points to Father Spitzer's efforts to stem the flood of young Catholics leaving the church through Credible Catholic.
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