Tag: Vatican Observatory
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...