837 - Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometers/3.2 million miles) (Source)
2019 - Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole, located in the center of the M87 galaxy (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
A Look to the Heavens...The Moon, by Jim Schneider
Moon Madness, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014 [Text: Ecclesiastes 7:29] [Note: This sermon was preached in 1969, right after the Apollo moon landing]
Recommended reading:
Excerpt from this article:
"It was dormant for more than 20 years, exhibiting very little fluctuation in light. then one day, it woke up, baffling astronomers around the world. A supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way called Sagittarius A has just started flashing 75 times brighter than it has ever been seen before."
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The Bible says:
The Gospel Written in the Sky, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: Psalm 19:1]
The Revelation of Scripture, by Dr. David P. Murray [Text: Psalm 19:1]
Recommended reading:
How Great is Our God with Louie Giglio full video
1741 - War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz (Source)
Recommended podcast:
The Colonial Wars of America and Providential Significance, by Historian Bill Potter
Recommended podcast:
The Colonial Wars of America and Providential Significance, by Historian Bill Potter
