Telescopio Nazionale Galileo received 29 observational proposals participating to the competition 'Young Astronomers and Telescopio Nazionale Galileo'. Last week a committee has been appointed to analyze the proposals and select the best one. The results are expected by the end of January. Good Luck and stay tuned.

The 5% International Time Programme is open for semesters 2024B-2025A: deadline midnight of February 29, 2024. The International Scientific Committee (CCI) of the Roque de los Muchachos (ORM, La Palma) and Teide (OT, Tenerife) observatories invites applications for the International Time Programme (ITP) on the telescopes installed at these Observatories. The current call (for the periods starting with semester 2024B=AOT50) is open until February 29, 2024. The call can be...

The Fundación Galileo Galilei's telephone network is being upgraded, which means that landline services are changing.   What is changing? The landline has been delivered through a digital network (RDSI) for decades and now it is being replaced with a newer digital technology.The new system uses the 'Voice over Internet Protocol' (VOIP).Once the telephone system has been migrated to VOIP, the FGG will be only reachable via the central desk number +34 922 433 666.FGG users can be reached...

An international team of scientists use HARPS-N data to characterize a planetary system that may shed light into the formation and evolution of warm Jupiters orbiting close to their host stars. Different theories have been developed to explain the origins and properties of close-in giant planets, but none of them alone can explain all of the properties of the warm Jupiters, gas giant extra-solar planets very similar to Jupiter but with an orbital period between 10 and 200 days.One of the...

An international collaboration of scientists has discovered a key new extra-solar planetary system of six transiting planets orbiting the star HD110067 in a harmonic rhythm. This rare finding enabled the team to determine the planetary orbits and to offer deep insights into planet formation. Thanks to a collaboration between the NASA’s satellite TESS, the CHEOPS mission (a joint mission by ESA and Switzerland) and different ground-based telescopes, including the Telescopio Nazionale...

Telescopio Nazionale Galileo invites you to visit the exhibition: "Time Machines: the journey through the Universe starts with you" that will take place in Rome (Palazzo delle Esposizioni) from November 25th 2023 to March 24th 2024. See you in Rome!

The 5th of October, on the occasion of the Celebrations for the 20th Anniversary of the MAGIC telescope, the recently appointed Science Attaché of the Italian Embassy in Madrid Prof. Sergio Scopetta had the opportunity to visit the Island of La Palma and the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory. At the Ceremony for the 20th Anniversary of the MAGIC Cherenkov Telescope, Prof. Scopetta could extend his congratulations, and the ones of the Italian Embassy, to all the researchers of the MAGIC...