Discovering the places of science VIDEO

From space to the depths of the sea , from mountain peaks to mines : the places of physics are many and very different from each other. But why go to such extreme environments to study the secrets of the infinitely large and the infinitely small? To answer this question, from May 13 to June 3, the National Institute of Nuclear Physics is offering the online series “Beyond the Borders. From the depths of space to the abyss, a journey through places of discovery”, open to all interested people, with a special focus on teachers and high school students. The goal is to accompany the public on a fascinating journey through some of the most unusual places of scientific research, describing the experiments that take place there and explaining why those places, often extreme or difficult to access, are essential to advance our understanding of the universe. The public will be able to actively participate in the live broadcasts, interacting with guests via chat and responding to surveys proposed in real time. The first meeting is dedicated to Space and features as guests Matteo Duranti, researcher at Infn Perugia, and Melissa Pesce-Rollins, researcher at Infn Pisa. Together they will talk about two important space experiments, Ams-02 and IXPE, and will talk about the opportunities and challenges of scientific exploration beyond the Earth's atmosphere.

On May 20, attention will shift to the Peaks , in a meeting with Luisa Bonolis, researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, and Alessandro Paiella, researcher at Sapienza University of Rome and the INFN, who will tell the story of numerous experiments conducted at high altitude or on board stratospheric balloons.

We will talk about the Sea instead on May 27th , with Piera Sapienza, INFN researcher, and Luigi Fusco, professor at the University of Salerno and INFN researcher, who work in the scientific collaboration KM3NeT which manages the impressive neutrino telescope installed in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea.

Finally, on June 3 , the meeting dedicated to the Caves will feature INFN researchers Federico Ferraro and Andrea Contu, who will explain why we should go underground to study the mysteries of the universe, going through the experimental activities of the Gran Sasso National Laboratories, the large accelerator at CERN (LHC) and the Einstein Telescope, the future European experiment dedicated to the detection of gravitational waves.

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A journey beyond the Earth's atmosphere to discover how and why we study the secrets of the universe from Space. With Matteo Duranti (Infn Perugia) and Melissa Pesce-Rollins (Infn Pisa) we will explore two large international experiments: Ams-02, on board the International Space Station, and the Ixpe space telescope. With them we will also discover the opportunities and challenges related to the construction and management of space experiments.