I usually love a good space story. But the more accolades I read about the new Webb Telescope image, the more I wondered if there was some other photo I hadn’t seen—because the one I kept seeing looked, well, like a blurry photo of stars.
Space
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Apple TV+’s ‘For All Mankind’ is a space race show that will restore your faith in government
“For All Mankind” invents a Soviet victory in the space race and imagines a tempting counterfactual: What if Americans’ faith in government was never shattered?
Posted inFaith, Short Take
UFOs are back in the news—and Catholics are ready to deal with any theological questions on alien life.
The Catholic intellectual tradition stands ready to help humanity interpret and process the fact that we are not alone in the universe.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Vatican Observatory launches podcast and new website
The podcasts are available on several platforms and they feature one of the pope’s own Jesuit astronomers speaking with a notable figure in the world of space exploration or science.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
NASA just discovered water on the Moon—in a crater named after a Jesuit priest
The water was found in the Clavius Crater. So who was Christopher Clavius, S.J., and why is there a crater on the moon named after him?
Posted inFaith, News
This Jesuit curates meteorites for the Vatican Observatory. Here’s what a typical day is like.
Brother Macke said “every day is different … which keeps the work fresh and exciting.”
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
One teen’s quest to capture the stories of men who went to the moon
I wanted to know what it was really like to travel to the moon, but I realized that the only people who knew would not be around much longer.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Why are so many craters on the moon named after Jesuits?
“Throughout the history of the Society, the Jesuits have been key players in astronomy,” said Robert Macke, S.J., a specialist in meteorites who works at the Vatican Observatory in Rome. Jesuit contributions to astronomy are significant enough that 34 craters on the moon and several asteroids are named after them.
Posted inMagazine, Politics & Society
Introducing America’s Space Issue
The 50th anniversary of the moon landing provides not just a moment for nostalgia but an occasion to revisit the values that should inform our public judgment.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why I gave up my job at NASA to become a nun
I have learned that belief is not unique to those who consider themselves religious.