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The Vatican Observatory is an institution for astronomical research and public outreach to advance the scientific understanding of our universe. vaticanobservatory.org Vatican City State Joined December 2012-
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In an interview, Brother Guy. J. Consolmagno, S.J. shares his thoughts about where both science and faith can go wrong. bit.ly/4866kwH
#PopeFrancis greets officials of the Roman Curia, including Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican astronomical observatory. The pope seemed to recognize that his job involves looking up at the stars.
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The 19th-century refractor owned by Msgr. Michael Bouchet of Louisville, Kentucky is now fully functional, and has been showing people both the sky and history. buff.ly/3MW5HNK
Join us for our next Full Moon Meetup with our guest Dr. Daniel Britt -Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences at the University of Central Florida. buff.ly/483ikPp
This GivingTuesday, please help support the education and outreach efforts of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. buff.ly/3MVoyIP
Podcast with Br. Bob Macke SJ, curator of meteorites at the Vatican Observatory, and 3D printing guru! buff.ly/46r4oNB
A new entry for the Vatican Observatory Faith & Science Resource Center: A discussion of Jesuits and the Effect that drives hurricanes. buff.ly/46sS3bI
Fr. Juan Casanovas SJ, Jesuit solar astronomer who served as an astronomer and librarian for the Vatican Observatory, has had an asteroid named after him buff.ly/3QNd6jK
Why do we do the things we do? This question can span many topics. buff.ly/40Or2yz
Astrology books for the young are enjoying surge in popularity -- at least on the shelves of my public library. They invoke science, but make no sense at all. buff.ly/3sEbyAj
An overview of the life and work of Elizabeth Blackwell, oriented towards younger readers. buff.ly/3MKsY5l
The Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft was the first asteroid sample return mission - and it almost didn't make it home! buff.ly/3ud6q6K
A new entry for the Vatican Observatory Faith & Science Resource Center, for younger readers but older ones as well. The title says it all. buff.ly/49OGnDp
Frank Borman, Commander of NASA's Apollo 8 mission has died. He visited the Vatican Observatory less than 2 months after his flight to the Moon in 1968 buff.ly/49wEnPT
If we give up light pollution to help solve the climate change problem, is that not a positive thing? buff.ly/49KdV5B
NASA's Lucy mission discovered that asteroid Dinkinesh's companion is actually a contact-binary buff.ly/3ucX6zA
Sometimes battle of science versus religion do not turn out the way we think of those battles turning out -- and we can be glad for that. buff.ly/46XSpIC
The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the Crab Nebula, and its simply amazing! buff.ly/49p0bwD
Owen Gingerich, astronomer and historian of science at Harvard, looks at a modern understanding of the universe versus that of Luther or the Psalmist. buff.ly/46XChH2
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3K Followers 4 Following La Specola Vaticana e` l' osservatorio astronomico del Vaticano. E` stato fondato nel 1891, le nostre origini risalgono al calendario gregoriano del 1582.In an interview, Brother Guy. J. Consolmagno, S.J. shares his thoughts about where both science and faith can go wrong. bit.ly/4866kwH
#PopeFrancis greets officials of the Roman Curia, including Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican astronomical observatory. The pope seemed to recognize that his job involves looking up at the stars.
.@BrBobMackeSJ of @VaticanObserv designed a custom instrument for @NASA known as a #pycnometer, tailored to the mission's needs. This specialized tool is used for measuring the density and porosity of tiny grains of gravels from Bennu. 🇻🇦🇺🇲🪨 #OsirisRex #NASA #Vatican #astronomy
Vatican astronomer helps NASA in historic mission to study asteroid After collecting about a cup of material in 2020, the spacecraft is now approaching Earth and before it continues its space voyage to orbit the Sun. Read more: ow.ly/SbLG50PNtqM
Jesuit Brother Bob Macke, a Vatican astronomer and meteorite expert, has built a custom device for studying material from the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid. bit.ly/46gXXNG
Vatican astronomer #Jesuit Bob Macke helps NASA in historic mission to study asteroid: buff.ly/455F9jn . He's a "rock" star! @VaticanObserv
Jesuit Brother Bob Macke, a #Vatican #astronomer and meteorite expert, has built a custom device for studying material from the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an #asteroid. catholicreview.org/vatican-astron…
24 young academics are spending the summer at the Vatican to learn from top scholars in their field. No, not in theology, but astronomy. Learn how @VaticanObserv has been forming the brightest minds in science to study the cosmos since 1986: usccb.org/news/2023/risi…
Foto della cena inaugurale, con tutti gli studenti, della 18 scuola estiva della #SpecolaVaticana #VOSS2023
The #Jesuits are literally out of this world 🪐 ☄️ 💫
Three more Jesuits have had asteroids named after them - two of theme were former directors of the Vatican Observatory! buff.ly/3KPS5D3
Last night, we were privileged to welcome Vatican astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno to Heriot-Watt for the Annual Public Chaplaincy Lecture. Watch our interview with Brother Guy below 👇 bit.ly/3DLoYwE #HeriotWattUni @VaticanObserv
@AstroBalrog @VaticanObserv Can the public watch the Vatican Observatory cameras on the internet? That would be really cool outreach if it’s not already being done.
@specolations Two years since I visited. It was such an amazing day. Take care Brother.
Now this is very interesting. 🧔🏻♂️👍🏼 I cannot opine on the quality of the poem because my love for Latin is greater than my skill in it, but the close relation between the humanities and the new sciences at the beginning of the modern era is clearly in evidence.
Cardinal Maffeo Barberini was a poet with scientific connections. He wrote a poem for his "brother", Galileo Galilei. vaticanobservatory.org/sacred-space-a…
@VaticanObserv I'm in Denver, and we have some of the worst air quality because of the smoke blowing in from the Northwest. Not good for backyard astronomy! 🔭
Would you baptise an extraterrestrial? As you can probably imagine, the Vatican Observatory (@VaticanObserv) gets a lot of unique questions about astronomy and the Catholic faith. Here are some that left an impact on @Salerno_Thomas: bit.ly/3jiyAE7
@thomascthompson @JamesMartinSJ @VaticanObserv @specolations You should also check out his episode on our AMDG podcast: soundcloud.com/jesuitconferen…
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#OTD 17 July 1894, Belgian astronomer and cosmologist Georges Lemaître born, the first to propose the 'Big Bang theory'. #ESA's cargo resupply vehicle #ATV-5 was named after him @ESA_BE @esaspaceflight 👉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_L…