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  • Mars missions can inspire next generation scientists, papal astronomer says

    Mars missions can inspire next generation scientists, papal astronomer says

    • Feb 20, 2021

    As Perseverance, the latest probe on Mars, gears up to send to Earth high-definition images, video and audio of its surroundings, one papal astronomer said he hoped the fresh new discoveries will inspire future explorers.

    By Carol Glatz
  • Jupiter, Saturn to put on ‘Christmas Star’ show at winter solstice

    Jupiter, Saturn to put on ‘Christmas Star’ show at winter solstice

    • Dec 9, 2020

    A once-every-two-decade conjunction involving the solar system’s two gas giants will give earthbound observers a look at a so-called “Christmas Star” on the winter solstice.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Life on Venus? Proof God is bigger than we think, Vatican astronomer says

    Life on Venus? Proof God is bigger than we think, Vatican astronomer says

    • Sep 17, 2020

    The Vatican’s top man on all things outer space has cautioned against getting too speculative about recent findings from a group of astronomers suggesting there could be life on Venus, but said that if anything living does exist on the planet, it doesn’t change the calculus in terms of God’s relationship with humanity.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Vatican astronomer becomes 11th Jesuit to have an asteroid named for him

    Vatican astronomer becomes 11th Jesuit to have an asteroid named for him

    • Jun 23, 2020

    Father Chris Corbally, a stellar astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, has had his name attached to a rocky body in the asteroid belt that orbits the sun in slightly less than four years.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Father George Coyne, astronomer, promoter of science-theology dialogue, dies

    Father George Coyne, astronomer, promoter of science-theology dialogue, dies

    • Feb 13, 2020

    Jesuit Father George V. Coyne, who led the Vatican Observatory as its director for 28 years, got his start in the field of astronomy as a young student in formation for the priesthood by secretly studying under his blanket, flashlight in hand.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Through crackly transmission, these two eavesdropped on Apollo 11 landing

    Through crackly transmission, these two eavesdropped on Apollo 11 landing

    • Jul 21, 2019

    The NASA astronauts didn’t know it, but WHAS radio technician Larry Baysinger and his journalist friend Glenn Rutherford had tapped the frequency of the 12-watt radios — walkie talkie-type communicators — used by Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Armstrong on the moon’s surface.

    By Marnie McAllister
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