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Astronomy and around
Shows
From phantoms of comets to the side-effects of images from the Hubble space telescope. A long story of popular hysteria and media events.
The astral patterns that have been born and lost in the course of the century among the folds of the sky.
An anthropological guide to a particular group of scientists: the secret vices and public virtues of the scholars of the sky.
In the feminine universe, among the great discoveries of astronomers. Changing stars, pulsars and dark matter.
What does the universe sound like? An exploration with ears turned to the sky, with noises picked up by radio telescopes, recreation of the music of the spheres and experimental modern music.
Perceptions of the moon in myth and science. Influences, illusions and legends inspired by the lamp of night and its ancient cycles.
An archeo-astronomical investigation into medieval symbology in mysterious cathedrals and enigmatic castles.
From the Temple of Vesta to Hadrian’s Villa, the astronomical sights of ancient Rome.
A romantic look at the sky, which recounts the great love stories hidden among the stars.
On the track of the ritraici mysteries, a cult which watched the sky from the depths of a cave. The puzzle of the iconographical evidence: does it really allude to the precession of the Earth’s axis at the equinox?
Stories of the stars from every time and latitude. Learning to recognise ancient outlines drawn round the stars and their striking myths.
The story of the great illusion that has fascinated astronomers, from Schiaparelli to Lowell for over a century right up until the discovery of water on the red planet.