Finding our place in the cosmos—whether that be via moon landings or our human origins in stardust—has been the subject of more than a few America articles.
Space
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The International Space Station was a symbol of solidarity. Its impending doom should worry us.
I get the sense that a monumental moment in history “passed us by” this week when Russia announced on Tuesday that it would withdraw from the International Space Station before the end of the decade.
Posted inFaith, News
Jesuit astronomer on Webb telescope photo: ‘This is God’s creation being revealed to us.’
“This is God’s creation being revealed to us, and in it we can see both his astonishing power and his love of beauty,” Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, the director of the Vatican Observatory, said.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Some people see God’s grandeur when they look at space. I just see a blurry photo.
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.
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?
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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.
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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?
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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.