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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory - Ital

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican’s Astronomical Observatory (or Specola Vaticana) in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, where he is on holidays on July 20, 2025. The Specola Vaticana can be considered one of the oldest astronomical observatories in the world. Its origins date back to the second half of the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII had the Tower of Winds built in the Vatican in 1578, and invited Jesuit astronomers and mathematicians of the Roman College to prepare a reform of the calendar, which had been promulgated in 1582. Since then, with significant continuity, the Holy See has never stopped showing an interest in and supporting astronomical research. Pius XI thus ordered that the Specola be transferred to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on the Alban Hills, some 25 kilometres south of Rome. In that environment so rich in history, a modern Observatory was re-founded and entrusted to Jesuits in 1935. It was equipped with three new telescopes and a laboratory for astrophysics, capable of sp

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Hidden Figures Gold Medal Ceremony - Washington

Honorees in the audience listen to Ms. Margot Lee Shetterly, as she gives opening remarks about the impact of the honorees and families of honorees awarded during the Hidden Figures Gold Medal Ceremony in the Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA on September 18, 2024. Shetterly is the author of “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race” written in 2016. Photo by Mattie Neretin/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hidden Figures Gold Medal Ceremony - Washington

Author of “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race” Ms. Margot Lee Shetterly, gives opening remarks about the impact of the honorees and families of honorees awarded during the Hidden Figures Gold Medal Ceremony in the Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA on September 18, 2024. Photo by Mattie Neretin/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hidden Figures Gold Medal Ceremony - Washington

NASA's Johnson Space Center Senior Apollo Sample Processor and Lab Manager Andrea Mosie, left, poses for a photo with Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Mike Johnson (Republican of Louisiana) as she accepts her Congressional Gold Medal at a ceremony to honor the Black women mathematicians of NASA who contributed to the space race and who were the subject of the book and movie "Hidden Figures," at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York) looks on from right. Photo by Mattie Neretin/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mathematician Maxim Kontsevich expects Chinese to win Fields Medal

STORY: Mathematician Maxim Kontsevich expects Chinese to win Fields Medal DATELINE: July 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SCIENCE/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of International Congress of Basic Science 2. various of Maxim Kontsevich 3. SOUNDBITE (English) : MAXIM KONTSEVICH, Mathematician STORYLINE: Maxim Kontsevich, a Russian and French mathematician and mathematical physicist, said he expected Chinese mathematicians to win the Fields Medal soon. Kontsevich told Xinhua at the ongoing International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) held in Beijing from July 16 to July 28. The Fields Medal is the "Nobel Prize" in mathematics. So far no one in China has won it. Kontsevich, a Fields Medalist himself, said that Chinese mathematicians have already shown their prominence in the world and will definitely win the Fields Medal in time. SOUNDBITE (English) : MAXIM KONTSEVICH, Mathematician "This Congress really shared between three subjects, mathematics, physics and information technology, w

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Mathematicians expanding exchanges with industry

TOKYO, Japan - Kyushu University professor Masato Wakayama (far R) converses with other participants in a symposium on mathematics for industry at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo, in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Feb. 22, 2014. (Photo by Toshiki Makino)

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Mathematicians expanding exchanges with industry

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 18, 2014, shows Yasuaki Hiraoka, a Kyushu University associate professor, explaining his study on applied topology with mathematical formulas and graphics at the university's Institute of Mathematics for Industry in the city of Fukuoka. (Photo by Yu Nakajima)

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Vietnamese wins Fields Medal for 1st time

HYDERABAD, India - (From L to R) Elon Lindenstrauss, Stanislav Smirnov, Cedric Villani and Ngo Bao Chau pose for photos with Pratibha Patil (R), the president of India, after winning the Fields Medal on Aug. 19, 2010, at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad, India. Chau became the first Vietnamese-born mathematician to win the prestigious prize.

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Vietnamese wins Fields Medal for 1st time

HYDERABAD, India - (From L to R) Elon Lindenstrauss, Stanislav Smirnov, Cedric Villani and Ngo Bao Chau pose for photos with Pratibha Patil (R), the president of India, after winning the Fields Medal on Aug. 19, 2010, at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad, India. Chau became the first Vietnamese-born mathematician to win the prestigious prize. (Kyodo)