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Vatican Observatory publishes new method to better understand the Big Bang theory

Mar 18, 2024

Two priests from the Vatican Observatory have made further progress in developing a new mathematical method to understand the Big Bang theory.

At Vatican Observatory, Astronomers Reveal Thousands of Newly Discovered Galaxies

Oct 20, 2023

The findings at the October conference “pave the road for a better understanding of the structure of the Milky Way and the formation of all galaxies in general.”

Chart showing asteroids named after Jesuits. | Br. Robert Macke S.J./Vatican Observatory

Newly-discovered Asteroids Named after Jesuits — and a Pope

Feb 21, 2023

The Vatican Observatory announced this week the naming of four newly-discovered asteroids after notable Catholics, including Pope Gregory XIII, who began the tradition of papal astronomers and observatories.