by Joseph A'Hearn | Aug 16, 2025 | Astronomy, Basics, Eclipse, Featured, Observational Astronomy, Outreach, Research, Science & Faith
I was recently interviewed for the Shine Bright Like The Firmament podcast, which is hosted by Madeline Shepley and features Catholics in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). In this episode I spoke about the different legs of my journey: first,...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jul 31, 2025 | Astronomy, Basics, Featured, Outreach, Science & Faith
I’ve spent several years teaching Physics and Astronomy in online schools that focus on classical education. But it wasn’t until a little over a year ago when a friend asked me about combining classical and modern Astronomy that I started to think about it...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Mar 3, 2023 | Astronomy, Basics, Cosmology, Eclipse, Featured, Observational Astronomy, Outreach, Science & Faith
Now that I’ve transitioned from teaching high schoolers during my PhD research years to working in industry, I’ve decided to make my lecture videos public. My course is from my perspective as a Catholic scientist and is divided in two halves:• The History of...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Jun 6, 2021 | Astronomy, Featured, Outreach, Science & Faith
“Extraterrestrials, AI, and Minds Beyond the Human” was the title of the Society of Catholic Scientists Conference that was held June 4-6, 2021. Members met in Washington, D.C., while others (like myself) tuned in to a livestream of the talks. Here I do...
by Joseph A'Hearn | Feb 16, 2018 | Featured, Science & Faith
“Maintaining the view that science and religion are in conflict does no one any favors and is hurting science,” writes Tom McLeish in his article “Thinking differently about science and religion,” published in the latest (February 2018) edition...
