Tag: Vatican Observatory

Brother Guy Consolmagno — a staff astronomer and the curator of meteorites at the Vatican Observatory — travels about 100,000 miles each year, splitting his time between Tucson, Ariz., and Rome. The planetary scientist also gives 40 to 50 talks annually at universities, schools and parishes around the world. “Indeed our founder, St. Ignatius, once said that our vocation is to travel,” he says. “Certainly, I do!”