Pope Francis' official astronomer, Brother Guy Consolmagno S.J., is visiting the United States from the Vatican Observatory for the total solar eclipse.
A Jesuit like Pope Francis, the Detroit native directs the Vatican Observatory outside Rome and is an expert in asteroids and meteorites. TIME spoke with him on Thursday after he arrived in the place of greatest totality, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The local Catholic church there, Saints Peter and Paul, is hosting him for the event.
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