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As both an astronomer and a Jesuit, Br. Guy Consolmagno recognizes the relationship between science and religion. Despite all his years of studying th...

The VATT, which is paid for by private donations, is today located on a mountaintop in rural Arizona about 200 miles southeast of Phoenix.

In 1981, the Vatican Observatory launched a research center under the famously dark Arizona skies, where it inaugurated its telescope in 1993.

The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) on Mount Graham in southern Arizona. / Credit: Vatican Observatory CNA Staff, Sep 29, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA). The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) on Mount Graham in southern Arizona c...

Any science that seeks to measure our worth by measuring one trait or another is science gone wrong.

The Vatican is known for lot of things, but not many people are aware of its world-renowned Vatican Observatory, home of the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope. That may change with the recent announcement of its discovery of a new trans-Neptunian not-quite-a-planet orbiting beyond Neptune which astronomers believe could help them locate the rumored Planet 9.

The Vatican Observatory recently announced the discovery of an object orbiting the sun at a distance of between 3.3 and 4.8 billion miles, which could help to aid scientists in understanding more about the origins of the solar system. The object,...