The Vatican Observatory
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The Vatican Observatory is one of the oldest active astronomical observatories in the world, with its roots going back to 1582 and the Gregorian reform of the calendar. Headquartered at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome, this official work of the Vatican City State supports a dozen priests and brothers (Jesuits and diocesan) from four continents who study the universe..
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For a year now, La Civiltà Cattolica, the Jesuit periodical that has been in publication since 1850, has sported a special section on its website for the VO ..read more
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Emanuel Carreira Vérez, SJ was a Jesuit astrophysicist and an adjunct astronomer at the Vatican Observatory. He now has an asteroid named after him ..read more
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There is now a Portuguese translation of the book "Finding God in the Universe" by Br. Guy Consolmagno ..read more
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From the Faith & Science Resource Center: the writings of Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet on physics and God ..read more
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It’s been few weeks since the total solar eclipse. As is typical in my priesthood, a lot has happened in that time. One of the good things has been the ..read more
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We live on a planet that is third from a star we call the Sun. Our place in the solar system is very unique and is what scientists call The ..read more
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FAIRFIELD — In 1983, volunteer Guy Consolmagno lay in bed at a Peace Corps Training Facility in Kenya, feeling severely homesick. He had made up his mind to ..read more
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Br. Guy is featured in an outdoor exhibition of an award-winning photography feature called "Where I Work" at King's Cross in London ..read more
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“The Challenging History of Other Earths” appeared in the International Journal of Astrobiology in December 2023. Here is an abridged version ..read more