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Michael Heller wins 2008 Templeton Prize   ......NEW
Father Michael Heller has been an Adjunct Scholar of the Vatican Observatory since 1981. This prestigious prize is awarded annually for progress towards, or discoveries about spiritual realities.
March 12, 2008
Templeton Foundation
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Vatican astronomers to move to bigger, more modern facilities   ......
Carol Glatz reports on the planned relocation of the offices and residences of the Vatican Observatory to a completely renovated convent nestled in the papal gardens.
December 21, 2007
Catholic News Service
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Brother Guy Consolmagno: Knocking on heaven's door   ......
No form-filling, no committees - the papal astronomer enjoys a rare academic freedom, finds John Crace
Tuesday May 9, 2006
The Guardian
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Spitzer Telescope Finds Planets Thrive Around Stellar Twins   ......
from a research paper co-authored by Chris Corbally, S.J.
29 March 2007
NASA Mission News
The double sunset that Luke Skywalker gazed upon in the film "Star Wars" might not be a fantasy.
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In the Beginning ...   ......
by George Coyne, S.J.
Nov-Dec 2006
in Science & Spirit
New insights into the complexity of nature while enriching our faith in creation.
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Is God a Scientist   ......
by George Coyne, S.J.
Summer 2006
A Catholic Astronomer Looks at Evolution
in Company Magazine
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Dem Himmel so nah   (Heaven so near)
by Von Max Rauner
February 23, 2006
A story on the Vatican Observatory in Der Spiegel
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A Divine Partnership   ......
by Dan Huff
Fall 2005
A story on the Vatican Observatory in the University of Arizona Alumnus Magazine
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Pope's stargazers teach tomorrow's astronomers   ......
by Philip Pullella (Reuters)
June 29, 2005
A story on the Vatican Observatory Summer School 2005
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PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly    
by Saul Gonzalez
June 3, 2005
story & video on the "Jesuit Arizona Observatory"
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A Supernova Discovery at VATT   .........................
by Francis Reddy
Astronomy Magazine, Astro Bytes
April 2005
 
ASU astronomers at VATT discover a Type 1c Supernova on April 2, 2005, and it is designated SN 2005bk
 ASU Page   AstroByte
 
The VATT Marks Ten Years on the Mountain   ...
by Julieta González
Report on Research, The University of Arizona,
December, 2004
 
"We must have glass and metal to build new telescopes," says George V. Coyne, S.J.,....
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Looking for God and Aliens   .........................
by Margaret Wertheim
Science & Spirit, July-August, 2003
 
Father Coyne, a scientist and Jesuit priest, contemplates God, telescopes, mirrors, and extraterrestrial life.
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Curator of Meteorites at the Vatican Observatory   ...
by Henry Bortman
Astrobiology Magazine, May 12, 2004
 
Br. Guy Consolmagno discusses his research as curator of one of the world's largest meteorite collections.
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The Pope's Telescope   .....................................
by Steve Goldstein
Inquirer Magazine, Sept 8, 2002
 
At a multimillion-dolar observatory in Arizona, Jesuit scholars scrutinize the heavens. Why?
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