Gas caldo ai raggi X per spiegare la massa mancante
Un gruppo di ricercatori guidati da Fabrizio Nicastro dell’Istituto nazionale di astrofisica ha rilevato, per la prima volta, la presenza di una grande quantità di gas caldo (un milione di gradi) negli aloni di tre galassie esterne simili alla Via Lattea, a distanze di circa 400mila anni luce dal centro delle galassie stesse Continue reading
La culla dei buchi neri intermedi
Uno studio guidato da Manuel Arca Sedda del Gran Sasso Science Institute, pubblicato oggi su Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, mostra come gli elusivi buchi neri di massa intermedia potrebbero formarsi all’interno di ammassi stellari Continue reading
IAEA General Conference Elects Thailand’s Vilawan Mangklatanakul as Conference President
Thailand’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vilawan Mangklatanakul has been elected as the President of the IAEA’s 67th General Conference. Ambassador Mangklatanakul was appointed as Thailand’s Permanent Representative in 2... Continue reading
Osiris-Rex, consegna effettuata
La capsula contenente 250 grammi di campioni prelevati dal suolo dell'asteroide Bennu è atterrata integra nel deserto dello Utah alle 16:52 ora italiana di oggi, domenica 24 settembre. Dopo una sosta in una “camera pulita” nello Utah, verrà recapitata al Johnson Space Center della Nasa per le prime analisi scientifiche Continue reading
IAEA Chief Grossi Attends UNGA, Engages with Private Sector on Cancer Care and Future of Fusion
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi signed agreements with two health sector companies to help provide cancer care to those who lack it and saw first-hand how fusion energy is generating significant private sector excitement, during a week-long... Continue reading
Update 184 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has completed drilling of ten groundwater wells, bringing the plant close to having a longer-term solution for the provision of cooling water to the shutdown reactors after the destruction of the Kakhov... Continue reading
MIT Rose Lecture: The IAEA at the Crossroads of History
Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors by IAEA Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi. Continue reading
The Week Ahead: IAEA Hosts General Conference
Representatives from the IAEA’s 177 Member States will convene from 25–29 September for the 67th IAEA General Conference at the Agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Continue reading

