2026-09-28

The Stars Do Not Become Smaller When We Understand Them

The Jesuit astronomer and Vatican Observatory figure moves between astronomy, Job, poetry, creation and the relationship between scientific understanding and wonder.


Question: If we understand more of what the universe is made of, have we explained away its wonder—or finally learned how astonishing it really is?

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