The skies of the past months have given us many surprises. Here are my 4 favorite images of summer 2024. 2024, July 9: Noctilucent Clouds over Florida These clouds are doubly unusual. First, they are …
Images of a summer
PIECES of science
To feel like a Jedi all you need is a laser pointer
The Star Wars saga is rich of scientific insights, starting from the Millenium Falcon, passing through mysterious worlds, and arriving at what many would like to possess: the light saber. Well, it’s very difficult to …
Good vibrations for flowers
Production of nectar is not at all an easy work. It costs approximately 40% of the daily photosynthate allocation. Plants know that their energy is precious and for years scientists ask themselves if plants have …
150 years of Guglielmo Marconi: the father of wireless communications
In 1895 a wireless signal surpassed an obstacle a mile far, the hill behind Griffone’s Villa, in Bologna. It was the house of Guglielmo Marconi. Marconi was only 21 years old, but he changed the …
Waiting for the total solar eclipse
While we are waiting for the total solar eclipse of the 8th of April 2024, we can have a look at some special images of the solar corona. The first pictured here, using multiple images …
A family album: the spiral galaxies sitting for Webb
In the cover photo the spiral galaxy NGC 1300, a 69 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus (Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), and the PHANGS team) shows its …