Shapley's Round Table

Pope's Astronomer: What The New Yorker Missed

The New Yorker profiled Brother Guy Consolmagno, the “Pope’s Astronomer,” but left out a key part of the story: his early mentor was Mildred Shapley Matthews, daughter of Harlow Shapley. Their collaboration shaped his first scientific publications and tied his career to the Shapley family’s wider legacy in astronomy.