A DINOSAUR BONE HELD ON TO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE BLOOD
A team studying a 115-million-year-old fossil from Brazil found structures resembling red blood cells and chemical traces linked to heme.
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The sky, the Earth and science: discoveries to open your eyes.
Max was inside a clothing collection bin. Someone stopped and changed his story
In Savignano Irpino, a puppy was rescued from a used-clothing container. A report from local residents, the emergency services and an animal welfare association helped bring him to safety.
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A MOTHER WILDCAT AND TWO YOUNGSTERS: A LITTLE WONDER IN SARDINIA’S WOODS!
A pool of water, three cats and a discreet camera. A video from Monte Arcosu is both touching and revealing: wildlife needs space, research and protection.
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Zoozve, Venus’s quasi-moon whose name began with a mistake
A poster in a child’s bedroom, a misread designation and a dad determined to understand it. This asteroid’s story sounds invented, but it led to an official astronomical name.
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TRICK OR SPACE ROCK? HALLOWEEN HAS A VISITOR IN THE SKY, TOO
Its name is 2025 UK9. Just a few metres across, it was expected to approach Earth in the early hours of 31 October. But the figures need care: in astronomy, a prediction is not a photograph of what actually happened.
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Who’s there beyond Pluto? A newly discovered world makes us look up
Named 2026 ED138, it was identified in Rubin Observatory data beyond Neptune. It could be a dwarf planet: here is what we know and what remains to be established.
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Marsili, the giant beneath the sea: what scientists explain
The underwater volcano’s name is being searched again following earthquakes in the Tyrrhenian Sea. We begin with INGV’s explanation, exploring an extraordinary part of the Mediterranean without letting fear take the helm.
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Looking for galaxies, it found a comet: Euclid’s surprise makes us look up
A bright streak in the images, software that recognises it and an object never catalogued before. C/2026 S1 is the first new comet discovered by the European telescope.
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GENOA, LET THE WONDER BEGIN! SCIENCE AWAITS BEYOND THE BOOKS
The 2026 Genoa Science Festival programme ended on 1 November. This guide remains online as an archive of the workshops, talks and exhibitions built around “Perspectives”.
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SPAGHETTI WITH SUCKERS? THE SEA SURPRISES US AGAIN!
They seem to come out of an imaginative design, and instead they come from the bottoms of the Indian Ocean. Two new species, a genus never described before and a detail to be observed closely: those small structures that recall suction cups.
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SANREMO: A TINY LIFE EMERGES FROM THE SHIFTING SAND
A storm uncovers eggs and baby turtles. A lifeguard raises the alarm: specialists arrive and one living hatchling reaches the sea.
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A waterfall from the sky? Brazil’s natural wonder leaves us speechless!
A sweep of colour, a cave framing the sky and a trail of water that seems to fall from the clouds. At Casa de Pedra in Brazil, there’s a scene worth watching twice. With plenty of wonder, and a few questions.
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FORGET THE BASKET! A MUSHROOM WEIGHING OVER 25 KILOS APPEARS IN VALLOMBROSA
A discovery that makes the look stop: in the woods of Vallombrosa, Tiziana and Valter Cammilli have found a Meripilus of over 25 kilos. And the giant became the protagonist of a mycological exhibition.
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The Hunter’s Moon: why it has that name and what to watch in the sky
The full moon on 26 October invites us to look up. Its name comes from tradition, its light from the Sun, and the wonder can come from us. Here is how to give ourselves a small appointment with the sky.
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MARS, HERE WE COME… ALMOST! MMX HEADS FOR PHOBOS, THE MOON HIDING A MYSTERY
MMX went to Phobos! The launch confirmed by JAXA opens a journey with a tiny and ambitious goal: to bring back to Earth at least ten grams of a Mars moon.
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El Niño strengthens: what is happening in the Pacific?
A warmer ocean can affect time thousands of miles away. The October 2026 NOAA updates help to understand the phenomenon, without turning predictions into prophecies.
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Wake up, Halley’s calling! October’s Orionids light up the sky
The Orionids peaked on the night of 21–22 October, but Halley’s comet debris is still crossing the sky: NASA lists activity until 7 November.
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THWAITES KEEPS LOSING ICE: WHAT DOES THE NEW STUDY REALLY SAY?
A computer experiment removed ocean-driven melting. Its results help explain how long changes in a glacier can persist.
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ITALY, YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL! SENTINEL-3C’S POSTCARD FROM SPACE
White Alpine peaks, the green and brown Po Valley, deep blue seas. One of the European satellite Sentinel-3C’s first images is a postcard of Italy that invites us to pause and look.
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ONE FRAME THAT MAKES US STOP: FEDERICO VERONESI WINS WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR!
More than 65,000 photographs from 121 countries and territories. An Italian photographer takes the title with an image that asks us to look more carefully.
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THE WOODS ARE TURNING GOLD! WHERE TO LOOK FOR AUTUMN COLOURS
Golden larches, copper beeches and red vines: autumn gives Italy a different palette. Here are places to explore, with seasonal estimates rather than promises about a particular day.
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The Dolomites’ sky turned pink! The aurora has returned to the Alps
On Saturday 10 October 2026, the sky above the Dolomites turned pink. From Passo Giau to Lorenzago di Cadore and Tambre, three photographers captured the surprise: an aurora above Italy’s mountains.
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Could animals be 200 million years older than we thought?
Animals may have appeared much earlier than the oldest known fossils suggest, perhaps 800–700 million years ago. A new study revisits an important clue: not finding a fossil does not always mean the animal did not exist.
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LICIA COLÒ: “WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN”. NATURE SHOWS US HOW
There is too much anger around, says the familiar voice of environmental television. In her view, the remedy is within reach: spending time with nature and learning its rhythms.
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WHERE DOES SOLAR WIND COME FROM? A SPACECRAFT FOLLOWS THE CLUES!
Solar Orbiter investigates particles streaming from the Sun. A magnetic “curl” may reveal their starting point.
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THE MOON CHANGES ITS FACE. ITS SHAPE STAYS THE SAME!
A lamp, a ball and a home experiment explaining crescents, quarters and eclipses.
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