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The Pope's Astronomer - Sixty Symbols

Sixty Symbols · 157.1K views · 2020-02-26 · 36:11

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Overview

Brady Haran interviews Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory, for Sixty Symbols. It is part of a three-video set along with the observatory's telescopes and its meteorite collection.

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HN links it as an approachable interview with a working astronomer who is also a Jesuit, whenever the Vatican Observatory or science and religion comes up.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2020–2025

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Cosmology & astrophysicsReligion, belief & skepticismScientific method & science communication
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What people said

throw0101a · 2022-04 · Recommendation

> I recommend "Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?" by Ian Hutchinson […] Books by (Brother) Guy Consolmagno, the Director of the Vatican Observatory, are also worth checking out: * [LINK] Perhaps specifically God's Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion . Interview: * [VIDEO]

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erk__ · 2025-05 · Reference

Brady Haran of Numberphile and a whole bunch of other channels visited the observatory some years back and made some videos and interviews. The Pope's Astronomer - Interview with Brother Guy: [VIDEO] The Pope's Telescopes - A tour of the observatory: [LINK] The Pope's Space Rocks - A look at their collection: [LINK]

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throw0101a · 2021-10 · Reference

> others are brothers One of the more well-known ones is Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory ("the Pope's astronomer"): * [LINK] Interview: * [VIDEO]

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