Guy Consolmagno and George Coyne — Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God

On Being : Guy Consolmagno and George Coyne — Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God Image
On Being : Guy Consolmagno and George Coyne — Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God Image

Guy Consolmagno and George Coyne — Asteroids, Stars, and the Love of God

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More than 30 objects on the moon are named after the Jesuits who mapped it. A Jesuit was one of the founders of modern astrophysics. And four Jesuits in history, including Ignatius of Loyola, have had asteroids named after them – Brother Guy Consolmagno and Father George Coyne being the two living men with this distinction. In a conversation filled with friendship and laughter, and in honor of the visit of Pope Francis to the U.S., we experience the spacious way they think about science, the universe, and the love of God.