The Secret Stones of the Vatican Observatory

Sophon Lit/Aurora/June 2024

I’d pictured myself surrounded by the best telescopes in the world, stargazing for the rest of my days. 

Instead, I looked down at a floored box of rocks. 

“This is the largest collection of lunar meteorites known to man,” Fr. Phelps told me. “No one has ever studied them, no one until you.”