Over the weekend, the Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST), a new facility for wide-field spectroscopic surveys installed on the ESO Vista telescope in Chile, successfully completed its first sky observations thanks to an ingenious fiber-optic system. Our colleagues Marcella Longhetti and…
Astronomers have detected an explosion of gamma rays that repeated several times over the course of a day, an event unlike anything ever witnessed before. The source of the powerful radiation was discovered to be outside our galaxy, its location…
The INAF Brera Astronomical Observatory is organizing a series of monthly meetings for the year 2025 on the topic of violence and gender issues in the academic and non-academic fields entitled: “When gender violence does not exist“. Title of the…
Excellent result for the Italian team at its first participation in the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad – which this year took place in India – with a Senior and Master team: yesterday on the podium were Riccardo Brunetta (Pordenone)…
Cubes, a future instrument for ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has successfully passed its Final Design Review. With ESO’s approval for the instrument’s production, the VLT is one step closer to acquiring a new “eye” dedicated to the ultraviolet. Among the…
L’array di telescopi Cherenkov interamente “made in Italy” Astri è ormai in dirittura d’arrivo: dei nove previsti – tutti sull’isola di Tenerife, alle Canarie – ne sono già stati montati sette. Come sono fatti e quale scienza produrranno? In cosa…
The National Institute for Astrophysics receives an average of approximately €20,000 annually from the 5×1000 tax return. This amount is primarily allocated to the protection and enhancement of the Institute’s historical and scientific heritage, explains Antonella Gasperini, director of the…
Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that surrounds its young host star. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), they observed a planetary disc with prominent spiral arms,…
International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, and the James Webb Space…
Today, January 27, we celebrate the Day of Remembrance, in memory of January 27, 1945, when the extermination camp of Auschwitz was liberated. Eighty years have passed. In order to never forget, this year I wanted to share a series…
