From 5 to 7 May 2025, the National Institute of Astrophysics will host workshops, debates and discussions on inclusion, diversity and accessibility in public institutions to raise awareness of the importance of an inclusive culture, in particular, in the scientific…
A team led by INAF has measured with great precision the mass of the planet Kepler-10c, defining it as a possible world largely composed of water ice. The study, published today in A&A, has also confirmed the presence of another…
Black holes, even relatively small ones, leave significant imprints in space, which extend far beyond their immediate surroundings. Research conducted with the MeerKat radio telescope shows that stellar-mass black holes emit powerful jets of energy that in turn generate enormous…
Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these ‘polar planets’ orbiting a stellar pair. The…
Below is the email circulated to the Observatory staff on 7 April 2025 by the group “DEIA@OAB non solo panchine” Dear all, As probably everyone knows by now, last week the femicides of Sara Campanella and Ilaria Sula were committed.…
Below is the link to the INAF page that reports the event of the congress for the 20 years of the Swift satellite just concluded in Florence. Congratulations to the Swift group that has brought great prestige to our Observatory!…
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 academic and non-academic settings, entitled: “When gender violence does not exist”. Third conference title: “Rape…
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (Desi) has used data from millions of galaxies and quasars to build the largest 3D map of the universe. From the results of an analysis conducted by combining observations from the first three years of…
A catalog of over 380 thousand galaxies, a loto of gravitational lenses and many other cosmic wonders come to light in the three Euclid Deep Fields, made public today as part of the Quick Data Release 1 of the Esa…
An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on the facilities at the Paranal Observatory, Chile — and the results are alarming. The analysis reveals that INNA would increase light…
