Perched in the hills outside Rome sits the Palace of Castel Gandolfo, the centuries-old lakeside summer home for popes, which ...

The Vatican's Space Observatory Wants To See Stars And Faith Align For a long time, the Catholic Church rejected scientific findings that conflicted with its doctrine, even persecuting Galileo.

The Vatican Observatory is one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, dating back to the reform of the calendar in 1582, ...

The Vatican Observatory Advanced Technology Telescope was a test bed for the LBT, as it proved the value of large, thin telescope mirrors made in a rotating furnace.

The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) on Mount Graham in southern Arizona celebrated its 30th anniversary this month, and the observatory has several days worth of celebrations planned ...

The Vatican Observatory foundation has new podcast as well as a new website and online store where you can buy posters of outer spaces scenes. (CNS photo/J. Kalirai, NASA/ESA/Hubble via Reuters) ...

The Vatican Observatory conference also honors his legacy. Lemaître, a Belgian who moonlighted as an astrophysicist, published an article in a scientific journal in about it in 1927, ...

Last week, the current director of the Vatican Observatory paid a visit to Lake Tahoe to see the more than 150-year-old measuring method in person.

On a recent visit to the Vatican's Observatory, just 15 miles outside of Rome and overlooking Lake Albano, the 70-year-old Consolmagno wasn't at all combative when talking about Musk and other ...

ALBANO LAZIALE, Italy — Some 2,000 years ago, a celestial phenomenon is believed to have lit up the sky. Guiding the wise men of New Testament lore to the birthplace of Jesus, the star of ...