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Is the appearance of the night sky related to our existence?

Discovery Institute
January 1, 2003
Intelligent Design

Not only is our atmosphere transparent, but we also enjoy dark nights. Several happy coincidences, from a planet that rotates on its axis, to our location in the galaxy, to the age of the cosmos, conspire to make this possible. And those dark nights have been vital to many scientific discoveries, as we argued in The Privileged Planet.

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Discovery Institute promotes thoughtful analysis and effective action on local, regional, national and international issues. The Institute is home to an inter-disciplinary community of scholars and policy advocates dedicated to the reinvigoration of traditional Western principles and institutions and the worldview from which they issued.