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Jul 22, 20214 min read

July 21 Marcelo Glasier - Wonder and Cosmology

Today Marcelo Glasier, published a fascinating book, The Prophet and the Astronomer: Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World. It was...

Jul 17, 20214 min read

July 17 China, Matteo Ricci and the Oldest Newspaper

Ying Lianzhi, a Catholic Manchu aristocrat, founded a newspaper, today, in 1902 in order to, "help China become a modern and democratic...

Apr 19, 20213 min read

Apr 20 Angelo Secchi, Spectroscopy and the Papal Yacht

Today the Vaticans astronomer Fr Angelo Secchi came aboard the papal yacht on the Azure waters of the Mediterranean to demonstrate his...

Apr 16, 20213 min read

Apr 17 The Priest who Mapped the Moon

Today we look at the remarkable life of Giovanni Battista Ricciolo. A priest, professor of astronomer who was the fist person to map the...

Feb 18, 20211 min read

Feb 19 A Copernican Revolution

Today in 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus was born in the Kingdom of Poland. A mathematician, astronomer, and priest - he profoundly changed the...

Jan 25, 20213 min read

Jan 7 - Galileo starts a revolution

Today in 1610 the Italian Astronomer Galileo made his first observation of the four largest satellites of Jupiter, which are now named...

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