Good Heavens! The Human Side of Astronomy

From now through the beginning of June, you can see four planets closely aligned - Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn. 

On this special episode, we give you some pointers about how you can see these ce…

No, we aren't talking about the Internet! But about the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), now roaming about the heavens a million miles from planet Earth.  It was launched Christmas m…

As you know, we here at Good Heavens! can't stop talking about the heavens. So when a beautiful picture book comes out with the title The Heavens, how can we not talk about it! 

The heavens declare t…

Spoiler Alert! 
On this episode Wayne and Dan debunk the "ancient alien" idea! 

What are some modern prejudices we hold about the ancient past? Were ancient people not as smart as we are? Did their c…

Was there a first star? If so, how did it form? Believe it or not, the secular material sciences have no real evidence to support theoretical models of how the first stars came to be or how the stars…

This is a special combined Christmas episode with our sister podcast Apologetics Profile. 

The wondrous gift is giv’n!
So God imparts to human hearts
the blessings of his heav’n.
No ear may hear his …

The ancient way of understanding creation included a harmonious relationship between man and the cosmos we inhabit. This included the wonderful notion of creation being able to “sing” and declare the…

This is a special combined Christmas episode with our sister podcast Apologetics Profile.  

When we think of stars today, the first thing that may often come to mind are celebrities, Hollywood stars.…

The sun is blinding and deadly (if we got too close to it) yet it is also life-giving and sustains the planets in their orbits. How can something so lethal to our existence also be so necessary for o…

How does our sun point us to the glory of God? It's massive! It would take 109 planet Earths to cover the 864,000-mile diameter of the sun. It's blinding, powerful, and according to modern science, t…

You may have mistaken them for the Little Dipper - a small little bluish-white cluster of stars that look like a cart, a plough, or to some even a question mark. It is the asterism (stars that are no…

If God does not exist, then why does the universe exist? Why is there something rather than nothing?  Any naturalistic theory about the existence of our universe inevitably finds itself addressing th…

In the late 1970s and early 80s, mathematicians and computer engineers made a remarkable discovery.  An entirely new universe of pure mathematics. 

Not a computer glitch. Not human design. Not a fluk…

This is a special extended broadcast of Good Heavens! featuring our very own Wayne Spencer (a BLAST from the past!). This is an excerpt from a message by Wayne about meteors from 1991.  Wayne discuss…

Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona, just over 30 miles outside of Flagstaff. 

What slammed into what is now part of the Arizona desert to make this giant three-quarter-mile-wide and some 600-feet-dee…

Shooting stars. Meteors. Bright flashing streaks of light zipping through the heavens! 

They are a wonder and delight to all of us. If you've ever stood under the canopy of a pristine dark sky filled…

This episode of Good Heavens! is part two of our conversation with physicist and author James Sinclair about God and cosmology. James has worked with Dr. William Lane Craig on a number of publication…

On this episode of Good Heavens! Dan sits down with physicist and author James Sinclair to discuss God and cosmology. James has worked with Dr. William Lane Craig on a number of publications about co…

Mars has inspired more than just astronomers and scientists. Mars has had and continues to have a profound impact on our collective imaginations, influencing a musical composer, countless artists and…

As long as we have been observing the heavens, we have known of the immortal wandering stars of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. What is it about these "planets" that fascinate us so? Why d…