The Wonder‑Filled Universe with Jennifer Wiseman | Created In The Image of God 262

Jennifer J. Wiseman is an astrophysicist whose journey runs from a childhood in rural Arkansas to labs and observatories connected with MIT, Harvard, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. As an undergraduate she discovered the periodic comet Wiseman–Skiff and has since become a leading expert on star‑forming regions, studying interstellar clouds, protostars, and stellar outflows across the Milky Way.Beyond her research, Jennifer is widely known for her work at the intersection of science, faith, and public life—directing the AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, and serving with organizations like BioLogos and the American Scientific Affiliation. In this episode of Created In The Image of God, she and Wade explore what our rapidly expanding picture of the universe means for life on Earth: from galaxies, dark matter, and black holes to the emerging science of astrobiology and the search for life beyond our planet.Together they ask how cosmic discovery can deepen, rather than diminish, our sense of wonder, ethics, and responsibility. What does it mean to speak of being created in the image of God on one small world in a vast, ancient cosmos? How might the possibility of other worlds and other lives reshape the way we think about God’s creativity, human humility, and our call to care for this planet and each other? Get full access to Created in the Image of God at wadefransson.substack.com/subscribe