What is the Sun made of?
Is it solid? Liquid? Gaseous?
The Sun is plasma, that is, an ionized gas therefore made up of charged particles.
Find out more in the new video on my YouTube channel! Turn on the English subtitles!
The Northern Lights
In recent months, there have been sightings of the Northern Lights up to very low latitudes (for example in regions of northern France, in US states such as Texas and Florida or Soviet cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg) where they generally do not reach. The reason for these sightings is increased solar activity which is near its maximum.
The first wonderful data from the James Webb Space Telescope
Here they are! The first infrared images and the first spectrum obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope were revealed between yesterday evening and today in several press conferences.
What does an astrophysicist do?
Have you ever wondered what an astrophysicist will do? How do you imagine my day? Watching* or sunbathing all day long? Or to turn gray in front of a screen? Well, to give you a taste of my life, I'll tell you what I'll be doing next week!
“Travelling towards the Sun” at the Royal Site of Carditello
Stasera alle 19 sarò ospite del Real Sito di Carditello con una conferenza dedicata al Sole, dal titolo “In viaggio verso il Sole”. Il programma della serata ore 19,00 chiacchierata scientifica a cura della D.ssa Clementina Sasso, astronoma dell’Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, dal titolo “In viaggio verso il Sole”; dalle ore 20.00 conversazione multimediale a cura dell’UAN, dal […]
