\u201cNASA gave Ultima Thule a new official name:\u00a0The far-flung solar system body is now Arrokoth, the Powhatan word for \u2018sky\u2019\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201c[J]ust as I believe that the Book of Scripture illumines the pathway to God, so I believe that the Book of Nature, with its astonishing details \u2013 the blade of grass, the\u00a0Conus cedonulli<\/em>, or the resonance levels of the carbon atom \u2013 also suggest a God of purpose and a God of design. And I think my belief makes me no less a scientist.\u201d \u00a0(<\/strong>Owen Gingerich, former Research Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University, currently senior astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cScientific progress is the discovery of a more and more comprehensive simplicity. . . . \u00a0The previous successes give us confidence in the future of science: we become more and more conscious of the fact that the universe is cognizable.\u201d<\/strong> \u00a0(Father Georges Lema\u00eetre [1894-1966], Belgian astronomer, physicist, and priest, and, arguably, originator of the theory of the \u201cBig Bang\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is\u00a0comprehensible.\u201d<\/strong> \u00a0(Albert Einstein, German-American physicist [1879-1955])<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific theory.\u201d<\/strong> \u00a0(Sir Arthur Eddington, British astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [1882-1944])<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me say that I don\u2019t see any conflict between science and religion. I go to church as many other scientists do. I share with most religious people a sense of mystery and\u00a0wonder at the universe and I want to participate in religious ritual and practices because they\u2019re something that all humans can share.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong>(Sir Martin Rees, British cosmologist and astrophysicist; Astronomer Royal since 1995; president of the Royal Society 2005-2010; Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 2004-2012.)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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