Tag: Vatican Observatory
Immense, complex universe has always ‘always been a source of wonder...
VATICAN CITY -- Scientists studying the cosmos should be willing to be surprised by what their research reveals about the immensity and complexity of...
Vatican Observatory astronomer Father Chris Corbally becomes latest to have an...
CLEVELAND -- One more Jesuit has had an asteroid named for him.
Father Chris Corbally, a stellar astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, has had his...
50 years on, moon landing still generates a wistful sense of...
WASHINGTON -- When Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong gingerly stepped onto the surface of the moon July 20, 1969, Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno had...
Open skies: Vatican Observatory preparing public stargazing tour
VATICAN CITY — When people ask why the Vatican has an observatory, one Jesuit priest says it’s because it cannot afford a particle accelerator.
The...
Science and religion not a battle
When friends and colleagues find out I work with the Vatican Observatory, their first reaction is often surprise that the Catholic Church supports a...