Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
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 […]
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God’s Revelation through Nature: Scientific and Theological Perspectives
OnlineGiuseppe 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 […]
First Quarter Moon
The Moon is at First quarter on this date -it will be visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
2022 Spring Dehon Lecture: Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ
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 […]
2022 Spring Dehon Lecture Respondent: Fr. James Kurzynski
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 […]
Moon at Apogee
Every month, the Moon’s eccentric orbit carries it to apogee – its most distant point from Earth.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
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 […]
St Valentine’s Day.
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 […]
Anniversary of the 2013 Chelyabinsk Asteroid Impact Event
On February 15 2013 an asteroid exploded in the sky over the city of Chelyabinsk, in the the southern Ural region of Russia. The shock wave blew out windows all over the city, […]
Last Quarter Moon
The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.