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Pope Leo XIV looks through the main telescope of the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, alongside U.S. Jesuit Father David A. Brown, an astronomer, July 20, 2025. The Vatican Observatory announced April 29, 2026, that an asteroid has been named in honor of Pope Leo XIII, who formally re-established the observatory in 1891. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

4 asteroids just got named for Pope Leo XIII, Vatican astronomers

Gina Christian|Apr 29, 2026|4 Min Read

Jesuit Brother Robert Macke presents a device to study the porosity and density of specimens retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by the Osiris-Rex space mission at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson as seen in a YouTube video he posted on his channel Aug 12, 2022. (CNS/YouTube video screenshot)

Vatican astronomer Macke helps in historic mission to study asteroid

Carol Glatz|Sep 19, 2023|2 Min Read

U.S. Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, director of the Vatican Observatory, is pictured at the observatory in Rome in this Dec. 12, 2007 file photo. (CNS/Annette Schreyer)

Vatican astronomer in LA: How faith informs science

Robert Brennan|Sep 8, 2023|4 Min Read

NASA

Newly discovered ancient galaxies put spotlight on 'Big Bang Theory,' God's act of creation

Kimberley Heatherington|Mar 2, 2023|5 Min Read

The "Cosmic Cliffs" of the Carina Nebula are seen in an image released by NASA released July 12, 2022. The "cliffs" are divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. The image is from data provided by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. (CNS photo/NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team, Handout via Reuters)

Webb telescope images feed the mind and spirit, Jesuit astronomer says

Catholic News Service|Jul 14, 2022|3 Min Read

The James Webb Space Telescope seen approximately 29 minutes after launch. Part of the Earth with the Gulf of Aden can be seen in the background. (Screenshot via YouTube/NASA)

Science, faith, and outer space

Russell Shaw|Feb 14, 2022|3 Min Read

Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno hosts the virtual presentation “Your God Is Too Small" March 11 as part of LMU's Seaver Spotlight Series. (Tom Hoffarth)

God wants us to be stargazers, pope’s astronomer tells LMU crowd

Tom Hoffarth|Mar 16, 2021|5 Min Read

The first images arrive moments after NASA's "Perseverance" Mars rover spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, in this image from video at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Feb. 18, 2021. As "Perseverance" prepares to send high-definition images of its surroundings, one papal astronomer said he hoped these fresh new discoveries will inspire the next generation. (CNS photo/NASA TV via Reuters)

Mars missions can inspire next generation scientists, papal astronomer says

Carol Glatz|Feb 19, 2021|4 Min Read

Saturn is seen shining above the Cape Murro di Porco Lighthouse in Syracuse, Sicily, and Jupiter is seen shining to the right, in this photo taken in November 2020. The two largest planets in the solar system will pass so close together in Earth's sky that the moon will easily be able to cover them both simultaneously Dec. 21. This pending planetary passage will be the closest since 1623. (CNS photo/Kevin Saragozza, courtesy NASA)

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

Dennis Sadowski|Dec 9, 2020|5 Min Read

This NASA artist's concept illustrates a young, red dwarf star surrounded by three planets. (CNS illustration/NASA, PL-Caltech)

Can ET call anyone? Jesuit astronomer studies intragalactic possibilities

Carol Glatz|Aug 26, 2020|4 Min Read

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