The DEA@OAB group () has been organizing conferences and events since November 2024 to promote a culture of equity, respect, accessibility, and listening within the Brera Astronomical Observatory. The group’s founding values are: respect, mutual listening, openness, collaboration, and shared…
The INAF Brera Astronomical Observatory is organizing a series of monthly meetings for 2026 on issues of gender, disability, identity, aesthetic pressure, and neurodivergence, entitled “Shades of Red for the Coexistence of Differences.“ Title for the fifth conference 2026: “Looking…
The INAF Brera Astronomical Observatory is organizing a series of monthly meetings for 2026 on issues of gender, disability, identity, aesthetic pressure, and neurodivergence, entitled “Shades of Red for the Coexistence of Differences.” Title for the fourth conference 2026: “Roundtable…
September 21, 2026 – With Swift’s now imminent and inevitable atmospheric disintegration and the news that Theseus was not selected, the short- and medium-term prospects for observing gamma-ray bursts from space have undergone a significant one-two punch. What alternatives are…
September 09, 2026 – Thanks to observations conducted with MeerKat, it was possible to record plasma jets emanating from a stellar black hole with velocities close to those observed in jets produced by active galactic nuclei. Francesco Carotenuto (INAF): “The…
August 25, 2026 – Below are the words of our researcher Sergio Campana, PI of the Italian group and responsible for the calibration of the XRT telescope. After nearly 23 exciting years of great discoveries, “our”satellite Swift is about to…
19/08/2026 – Astronomers have discovered the fastest known star in our galaxy, the Milky Way, orbiting the black hole at its centre. The star, named S301, was detected with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI) and…
August 13, 2026 – 7:47 PM – TGR LOMBARDIA – Eclipses in the ancient books of the Brera Observatory Report by: Antonio Sgobba “One of the oldest and most precious books is an incunabulum, with the first predictions of a…
28/07/2026 – At long last, astronomers have firm evidence that Betelgeuse, one of the most famous stars in the night sky, is not alone. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), a team led by French researcher…
22/07/2026 – We are delighted to share the following video, which captures our Agnese Mandrino – responsible of the historical archive and library of Brera – organising the archive of the Vatican Observatory, with which OABrera recently signed a collaboration agreement…
