Monthly Archives: maggio 2012

SDO: The Emerald Sun – Il Sole smeraldo

NASA Heliophysics News  The Emerald Sun. In this high-resolution extreme ultraviolet image recorded by SDO on April 9, 2010, green and blue colors trace gas temperatures in the range 1 to 1.5 million K. Il Sole smeraldo. In questa immagine … Continue reading

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Connection – Connessione

“In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.” David Bohm “In un certo senso l’uomo è un microcosmo nell’universo, quindi ciò che … Continue reading

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History Channel: Qarahunge, the Armenian Stonehenge and the Swan (Cygnus) Constellation – La Oxford University studia la Stonehenge armena e la sua relazione con la Costellazione del Cigno

According to estimates, the Armenian Stonehenge (Karahunj, Qarahunge, carahunge, Zorats Qarer) has a history of 7500 years. It’s discovery has sparked a scientific debate in astronomical and archeological circles. September 2010, Oxford University sent an expedition to investigate the historical … Continue reading

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Cygnus Constellation: The Swan and the Butterfly – Costellazione del Cigno: il cigno e la farfalla

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 7026, a planetary nebula. Located just beyond the tip of the tail of the constellation of Cygnus (The Swan), this butterfly-shaped cloud of glowing gas and dust is the wreckage … Continue reading

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NASA: The Swan glowing in flight – Lo splendente Cigno in volo

Best known as a swan winging its way across the night, the constellation Cygnus is easily seen in the northern hemisphere’s summertime sky. This new view of the Cygnus-X star-forming region by the Herschel Telescope highlights chaotic networks of dust … Continue reading

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New Planet Found in Our Solar System? – C’è un nuovo pianeta nel Sistema Solare?

New Planet Found in Our Solar System? Odd orbits of remote objects hint at unseen world, new calculations suggest. Source/Continue reading → news.nationalgeographic.com C’è un nuovo pianeta nel Sistema Solare? Secondo un astronomo, orbiterebbe nella Fascia di Kuiper, oltre Plutone. … Continue reading

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A unique celestial event – June 5, 2012: Transit of Venus – Evento unico nella nostra vita – 5 Giugno 2012: il transito di Venere

On June 5, 2012, a unique celestial event will take place, never to be repeated in our lifetimes. The planet Venus will align itself perfectly between the Earth and the Sun. This rare alignment will allow Venus to be visible … Continue reading

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Conjunction: Mercury, Jupiter and the Pleiades – Congiunzione: Mercurio, Giove e le Pleiadi

NOON CONJUNCTION: Mercury, Jupiter and the Pleiades are converging for a beautiful three-way conjunction. Unfortunately, it’s happening in broad daylight. The two planets and the star cluster are only a few degrees from the sun. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory … Continue reading

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Annular Solar Eclipse live from Mt. Fuji – In diretta le fasi dell’eclissi anulare solare del 20 Maggio 2012

Image Credit: Tom Wagner – SpaceWeather.com

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Sea of Stars: Glowing Blue Waves Explained – Un mare di stelle: il fenomeno della bioluminescenza

Pinpricks of light on the shore seem to mirror stars above in an undated picture taken on Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives. The biological light, or bioluminescence, in the waves is the product of marine microbes called phytoplankton—and now scientists … Continue reading

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A boost for #quantum reality – Fisica quantistica: la funzione d’onda è uno stato reale

Theorists claim they can prove that wavefunctions are real states. The philosophical status of the wavefunction — the entity that determines the probability of different outcomes of measurements on quantum-mechanical particles — would seem to be an unlikely subject for … Continue reading

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