Padova, Sep 24th 2021
Photographs of distant worlds
Every star is a Sun, and our galaxy is literally brimming with stars. If we take a photograph to a star using our largest telescopes as lenses, can we see its planets? Let us follow Galileo Galilei -who discovered in this way the Galilean moons of Jupiter- in a journey through space and time to know the answer!
Padova, oct 2020
Is there life on Venus?
Phosphine (PH3) has been claimed to be present in the upper atmosphere of Venus. Extreme caution and further analysis are needed to confirm the claim, of course. But what would such a feeble trace of phosphine imply for our knowledge of the planet? What does it have to do with life? Let us discover it together.