"In the hilltop town home to the former summer residence of popes, two domes tower over residences and restaurants: the Baroque dome of a church topped with an iron cross and another that can be opened to reveal a now-retired optical telescope belonging to the Vatican's astronomical observatory.
"The twin domes symbolize the parallel aims of the Vatican Observatory as defined by its director, Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno: 'To do good science and to show the world that our religion, our faith, motivates why we do the science.'"
A recent Catholic News Service article profiled the Vatican Observatory and this year's summer school class of undergraduate and graduate astronomy students.
To access the complete Catholic News Service report, please visit:
USCCB: Rising stars: Vatican hosts astronomers of tomorrow for summer school (27 JUN 23)
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