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Stars
Fascinating and gigantic balls of incandescent gas suspended in an empty space, that shine with their own light. We all know the stars. Even in the sky over our cities, so greatly penalized by light pollution, we are able to see some. At times we are even able to identify some depending on the difference in colour and intensity.
Did you know that we are made of stardust? The iron in our blood, the oxygen that we breathe, the calcium in our bones, all the atoms we are made of, were created in the stars billions of years ago, just like all the other elements that are present on our planet.
subjects dealt with in Stars
Beyond solar system
Everybody knows the stars. Even in the skies above our cities, where there is so much light interference from other…
Life of a star
Stars are born, live and die like living beings; the only difference is that they do it in such a…
special reports
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14 April 2022 / Space
From the Moon to Jupiter via Mars: Space exploration in 2022
The year 2022 will also be full of new space missions: from the Moon to Mars, to the moons of…
20 March 2022 / Space
Spring is back
While the temperatures of the last days of winter and the first shoots and buds on the trees had already…
22 January 2021 / Space
Are we children of stock cubes?
In primary school, we learned that life began in the "primordial soup", that is, in the warm ocean that covered…
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20 December 2020 / Space
Twinkle twinkle little star
The Star of the Magi competes with the Angel for the place of honour on the ridge-pole of the stable.…
13 December 2020 / Space
St. Lucy’s night: a night of shooting stars
In Italy, St. Lucy’s night is known traditionally as “the shortest night of the year”, but due to the passage…
27 October 2020 / Space
Wet moon, lucky moon
On Monday 26 October 2020, NASA revealed a sensational discovery about our Moon: there is definitely water, also on its…
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2 October 2020 / Space
The Sun is heating up again: a new solar cycle is beginning
Summer has just ended but the sun has yet to start to "warm up". Our star is a huge furnace…
16 September 2020 / Space
Is there life on Venus?
We call them "Martians" because, in science fiction, Mars has always been the natural home of extraterrestrials. In fact, of…
29 August 2019 / Space
The Fermi paradox
In our galaxy, the Milky Way, there are over 100 billion stars. Around us, we have discovered 100 billion more…
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14 April 2022 / Space
From the Moon to Jupiter via Mars: Space exploration in 2022
The year 2022 will also be full of new space missions: from the Moon to Mars, to the moons of…
20 March 2022 / Space
Spring is back
While the temperatures of the last days of winter and the first shoots and buds on the trees had already…
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22 January 2021 / Space
Are we children of stock cubes?
In primary school, we learned that life began in the "primordial soup", that is, in the warm ocean that covered…
20 December 2020 / Space
Twinkle twinkle little star
The Star of the Magi competes with the Angel for the place of honour on the ridge-pole of the stable.…
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13 December 2020 / Space
St. Lucy’s night: a night of shooting stars
In Italy, St. Lucy’s night is known traditionally as “the shortest night of the year”, but due to the passage…
27 October 2020 / Space
Wet moon, lucky moon
On Monday 26 October 2020, NASA revealed a sensational discovery about our Moon: there is definitely water, also on its…
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2 October 2020 / Space
The Sun is heating up again: a new solar cycle is beginning
Summer has just ended but the sun has yet to start to "warm up". Our star is a huge furnace…
16 September 2020 / Space
Is there life on Venus?
We call them "Martians" because, in science fiction, Mars has always been the natural home of extraterrestrials. In fact, of…
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29 August 2019 / Space
The Fermi paradox
In our galaxy, the Milky Way, there are over 100 billion stars. Around us, we have discovered 100 billion more…
-
14 April 2022 / Space
From the Moon to Jupiter via Mars: Space exploration in 2022
The year 2022 will also be full of new space missions: from the Moon to Mars, to the moons of…
-
20 March 2022 / Space
Spring is back
While the temperatures of the last days of winter and the first shoots and buds on the trees had already…
-
22 January 2021 / Space
Are we children of stock cubes?
In primary school, we learned that life began in the "primordial soup", that is, in the warm ocean that covered…
-
20 December 2020 / Space
Twinkle twinkle little star
The Star of the Magi competes with the Angel for the place of honour on the ridge-pole of the stable.…
-
13 December 2020 / Space
St. Lucy’s night: a night of shooting stars
In Italy, St. Lucy’s night is known traditionally as “the shortest night of the year”, but due to the passage…
-
27 October 2020 / Space
Wet moon, lucky moon
On Monday 26 October 2020, NASA revealed a sensational discovery about our Moon: there is definitely water, also on its…
-
2 October 2020 / Space
The Sun is heating up again: a new solar cycle is beginning
Summer has just ended but the sun has yet to start to "warm up". Our star is a huge furnace…
-
16 September 2020 / Space
Is there life on Venus?
We call them "Martians" because, in science fiction, Mars has always been the natural home of extraterrestrials. In fact, of…
-
29 August 2019 / Space
The Fermi paradox
In our galaxy, the Milky Way, there are over 100 billion stars. Around us, we have discovered 100 billion more…
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curiosities
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The comet’s tail
Comets are “dirty snowballs” that spend most of their life at the edges of the Solar System...
The definition of a dwarf planet
Astronomy, like all scientific disciplines, is continuously evolving...
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The cosmic microwave background radiation
In 1965, while studying the ground noise of a radio antenna...
Cosmic collision
When two galaxies start to approach, the tidal attraction forces deform their structures...
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Just an ordinary day, in absence of gravity
The typical day of an astronaut in some ways is rather repetitive...
Life from space
According to some scientists life has always existed in the Universe just like the Universe...
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The comet’s tail
Comets are “dirty snowballs” that spend most of their life at the edges of the Solar System...
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The definition of a dwarf planet
Astronomy, like all scientific disciplines, is continuously evolving...
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The cosmic microwave background radiation
In 1965, while studying the ground noise of a radio antenna...
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Cosmic collision
When two galaxies start to approach, the tidal attraction forces deform their structures...
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The comet’s tail
Comets are “dirty snowballs” that spend most of their life at the edges of the Solar System...
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The definition of a dwarf planet
Astronomy, like all scientific disciplines, is continuously evolving...
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The cosmic microwave background radiation
In 1965, while studying the ground noise of a radio antenna...
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Cosmic collision
When two galaxies start to approach, the tidal attraction forces deform their structures...