BOSTON – The extra day we get approximately once every four years is a way to adapt the calendar year to the astronomical year.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan – Jesuit Father Richard D’Souza finds halos mesmerizing.

LACEY – Science and religion complement each other, because like science, “religion is a conversation,” the Vatican’s head astronomer told students during the inaugural STEM lecture at Pope John Paul II High School.

VATICAN CITY - The quest to find life on other planets got a boost when astronomers confirmed the existence of at least seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a red dwarf star just 40 light years away.

VATICAN CITY - Of the many momentous or menial tasks women religious perform, one of the better-kept secrets has been the role of four Sisters of the Holy Child Mary who were part of a global effort to make a complete map and catalog of the starry skies.

DRAPER, Utah - Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno finds no conflict between the science he pursues in studying meteorites and the Catholic faith he practices every day.

Recently, at an academic dinner, I was sitting across the table from a nuclear scientist. At one point, I asked him this question: Do you believe that there’s human life on other planets? His answer surprised me: “As a scientist, no, I don’t believe there’s human life on another planet. Scientifically, the odds are strongly against it. But, as a Christian, I believe there’s human life on other planets. My logic is this: Why would God choose to have only one child?”

VATICAN CITY - A Vatican astronomer said the latest discovery of flowing liquid water on the surface of Mars was exciting.