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Immagini stellari aiutano a preservare i libri del Vaticano
 
21 Dicembre 2011

The Vatican Library’s reading room.

Credits: Vatican Library
 
 
Andromeda Galaxy in infrared and X-rays image
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Herschel’s infrared image of the Andromeda Galaxy shows rings of dust that trace gaseous reservoirs where new stars are forming. XMM-Newton’s X-ray image shows stars approaching the ends of their lives.

Credits: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/J.Fritz, U.Gent/XMM-Newton/EPIC/W. Pietsch, MPE
 
  Rendere disponibili gli antichi testi alle future generazioni
 
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Some of the texts in the Vatican library are more than 1000 years old.

Credits: Vatican Library
 
 
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Scanning old texts takes patience, care and high technology.

Credits: Vatican Library
 
 
SOHO sees the Sun's eruptive prominence
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On 12 March 2004, the Sun ejected a spectacular eruptive prominence, a mass of relatively cool plasma, into the heliosphere.

Credits: ESA/NASA
 
 
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