He was born on October 5, 1943 in Torrance and is now a staff scientist for the Vatican Observatory.

As Director of the Vatican Observatory he has been a driving force in several new educational and research initiatives.

Coyne is a close associate of the Pope and director of the Vatican Observatory.

Consequently, the Vatican Observatory looks like nothing more than an average house with a modest dome for a front porch.

He also happens to be a Jesuit brother and a planetary scientist at the Vatican Observatory.

Five months ago, the bishop had returned from a meeting at the Vatican Observatory, where he had learned something that left him deeply changed.

In addition to his pastoral duties, he was named director and administrator of the Vatican Observatory on November 30, 1904.

From 1906-1910 he served as an assistant at the Vatican Observatory.

In 1930 he became director of the Vatican Observatory.

The new Vatican Observatory remained there for the next forty years.