The star WR 124, a star of 30 times the mass of the Sun, is going to be a supernova and the James Webb Telescope captured its brief Wolf-Rayet phase, in all its colors, before …
The colors of a star: before going supernova
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What is dry farming? New farming systems research to mitigate climate change effects
Variation in climatic conditions is one of the red-hot subjects in every discipline and nowadays many models have been developed to quantify this phenomenon. Flora and fauna are particularly influenced by climate change because of …
Are all planetary systems similar to our Solar System?
In our Solar System the smallest rocky planets – such as Venus, Earth or Mars – orbit relatively close to our star. The large gas and ice giants – such as Jupiter, Saturn or Neptune …
What if the next Carnival could be more sustainable? New solutions for confetti
The story tells that in the 1876 the engineer Ettore Fenderl invented confetti to celebrate the Carnival. During the celebrations of Carnival, people in the past used to throw from the windows sweets with coriander …
Why follow the James Webb Telescope’s discoveries?
The James Webb Telescope launched in summer 2022 is a NASA mission, with the partnership of ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency). The telescope gives full-color images and spectroscopic data and it …
Music Aptitude: markers in human genome and the plasticity of the brain determine our musical talent
I’ve been always fascinated by music and how many people are able to establish a sort of connection with instruments and with the frequencies they can produce. I started reading and playing music since I …