A Vatican astronomer believes there is life elsewhere in the universe, but he says discovering this will neither prove nor disprove the existence of God. Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, who is the new president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation, said news of such a discovery won’t come as a big surprise. Br Consolmagno said he Read more
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Is there anybody out there? – 2.2 billion planets like earth
Friday, July 25th, 2014While astronomers haven’t discovered aliens, 2013 was the year that they discovered that the Milky Way is inhabited by 20 billion planets like earth. With the Milky Way being one of up to 500 billion galaxies, we’re looking at 10 sextillion planets. Numerically, one sextillion looks like 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 – times this by ten and the Read more
Jesuit awarded Carl Sagan Medal for science communication
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014A Jesuit brother has received the Carl Sagan Medal for his communication of astronomy and planetary science. Br Guy Consolmagno was given the award by The American Astronomical Society’s (AAS) Division for Planetary Sciences. The AAS praised Br Consolmagno for becoming “the voice of the juxtaposition of planetary science and astronomy with Christian belief”. It Read more
Hawking’s vision has stalled.
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
On May 19, 2011 front page news in The Dominion Post reported that software made by Massey University computer scientist and astrophysicist, Ian Bond, enabled findings of 10 giant free-floating gas planets around the size of Jupiter. The planets are believed to be about two-thirds of the way to the centre of the galaxy, which Read more