Last Quarter Moon
The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.
The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor […]
A tapestry from Strasbourg depicting the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus […]
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM FRS (/ˈrʌsəl/; 18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate. At various points in […]
Saturn will appear to pass close to the Sun in the sky as the Earth's orbit places the Sun between the Earth and Saturn. Saturn will be unobservable for several […]
Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti, an adjunct scholar with the Vatican Observatory, will give a webinar titled: God's Revelation through Nature: Scientific and Theological Perspectives - Saturday February 5, 2022 at 5:00 PM […]
The Moon is at First quarter on this date -it will be visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
Covid, Faith, and the Fallibility of Science The lecture will begin at 10:30am and the respondent portion will begin at 1:00pm. Each talk will have their own livestream link. In […]
Covid, Faith, and the Fallibility of Science The respondent portion will begin at 1:00pm, and have its own livestream link. In the fight against the COVID pandemic, the scientific evidence […]
Every month, the Moon’s eccentric orbit carries it to apogee – its most distant point from Earth.
Illustration of Vera Rubin from a series of illustrations for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Credit: BEATRIZ ARRIBAS DE FRUTOS. A significant gender gap has persisted […]
Oil painting of St. Valentine by Leonhard Beck from around 1510. Saint Valentine (Italian: San Valentino, Latin: Valentinus) was a widely recognized 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Christianity on February 14. From the High Middle Ages his Saints’ Day […]