Articles for Science in School

Science In School is a magazine aiming at connecting the world of scientific research with science teachers across Europe. It is based in Heidelberg and I've been collaborating with them for a while.

At first I was only translating some of their articles from English to Italian (check them here).

Then, when I finally found the courage (!) I started writing my own stories:

• Currently work-in-progress!!! a super-interesting series I'm writing with a colleague about astronomy across the electromagnetic spectrum and ESA's space telescopes - STAY TUNED FOR MORE ARTICLES IN THIS SERIES!!

• More than meets the eye: how space telescopes see beyond the rainbow (published July 2014) [download the pdf]How do astronomers investigate the life cycle of stars? At the European Space Agency, it’s done using space-based missions that observe the sky in ultraviolet, visible and infrared light – as this fourth article in a series about astronomy and the electromagnetic spectrum describes.

• More than meets the eye: the exotic, high-energy Universe (published Sept 2012) [download the pdf]In the third article in this series on astronomy and the electromagnetic spectrum, learn about the exotic and powerful cosmic phenomena that astronomers investigate with X-ray and gamma-ray observatories, including the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL missions.

• More than meets the eye: unravelling the cosmos at the highest energies (published Dec 2011)[download the pdf]Claudia Mignone and Rebecca Barnes explore X-rays and gamma rays and investigate the ingenious techniques used by the European Space Agency to observe the cosmos at these wavelengths.

• More than meets the eye: the electromagnetic spectrum (published Sept 2011)[download the pdf]Claudia Mignone and Rebecca Barnes take us on a tour through the electromagnetic spectrum and introduce us to the European Space Agency’s fleet of science missions, which are opening our eyes to a mysterious and hidden Universe.
• Here is an article I wrote while an intern at ESO, which also covers the topic of astronomical observations across the electromagnetic spectrum - in this case, at sub-millimetre and radio wavelengths:

• The ALMA Observatory: the sky is only one step away (published Jun 2010)[download the pdf]Claudia Mignone and Douglas Pierce-Price take us on a trip to the Chilean Andes, to the site of ALMA, the world’s largest radio astronomy facility, which is set to discover the secrets of our cosmic origins.
• And here's one of the first articles I ever wrote: an interview to astronomer turned maths teacher A. Berton: