Sungrazer Comet Passing Close to the Sun
A comet. called a sungrazer, is passing VERY close to the Sun - right now!
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Saturn 0.1°S of Moon
Saturn will pass within 0.1° of Saturn on this date.
Cassini probe launched, 1997
The Cassini mission to Saturn is one of the most ambitious efforts in planetary space exploration ever mounted. A joint endeavor of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Cassini is a sophisticated robotic spacecraft orbiting the ringed planet and studying the Saturnian system in detail. Cassini […]
Big Bang Cosmology and Divine Creation: The New Physics and the Old Metaphysics – Rothermel Foundation Lecture
First Presbyterian Church, New Bern 400 New St., New Bern, NC, United StatesBr. Guy Consolmagno presents the concept of God as Creator is not tied to any particular cosmology, but has endured even as our scientific cosmologies have radically changed. The traditional Christian understanding of God is not merely as some force within nature, operating alongside gravity or electromagnetism at ‘time zero’ to start a universe. Rather, […]
Faith & Science – The Origins of the Universe
Br. Guy Consolmagno to speak at Faith AND Science workshop at the MAPS Air Museum
World Science Day for Peace and Development.
Celebrated every 10 November, World Science Day for Peace and Development highlights the significant role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives. By linking science more closely with society, World Science […]
Northern Taurids Meteor Shower
Active from October 13th to December 2nd, 2021, peaks Nov 11-12th
An Evening With the Pope’s Astronomer
Saint Ignatius College Prep 1076 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL, United StatesSpend an evening with Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ - Director of the Vatican Observatory 6PM Thursday Nov. 14, 2024 Cosponsored by Saint Ignatius College Prep and the Lumen Christi Institute Tully Hall - Saint Ignatius College Prep 1076 W. Roosevelt Road Chicago IL 60608-1594 RSVP to Christopher Kennedy: c.kennedy@vaticanobservatory.org
St. Albert the Great, Patron of Scientists.
Albertus Magnus , also known as Saint Albert the Great was born on this date in 1206
2024 Von Hügel Lecture – “Why Do We Look Up?” with Br. Guy Consolmagno
Br. Guy Consolmagno to give the 2024 Von Hügel Lecture at St Edmund's College
Last Quarter Moon
The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.