A LOOK IN THE VASTNESS

The Hubble is a space telescope located in the outer layers of the atmosphere about 600 k altitude, in orbit around the Earth.

It was launched on 24 April  1990 with the Space Shuttle Discovery as a combined project of NASA and ESA.
The telescope can reach a better angular resolution than 0.1 arcsec. Its name comes from Edwin Hubble, an  American astronomer.
Observing outside the atmosphere has many advantages, because the atmosphere distorts the images and filters out electromagnetic radiation at certain wavelengths, especially ultraviolet.On 27 January 2007, the telescope came into a  “safemode” phase, for a failure. The Advanced Camera for Surveys instrument has stopped working and NASA engineers have disabled the instrument to allow the use of other instruments aboard the telescope. On  11th May 2009, the Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched for the fourth and final servicing mission to the telescope, and it completed successfully.
Thanks to Hubble we could extend our knowledge about space:Hubble shots exceptional images of the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in 1994. 


- Hubble discovered that planets are also present around other stars different from Sun. Hubble also is responsible for the primacy of the first image of a planet outside the solar collection by an optical telescope. The picture, released in November 2008 shows the Fomalhaut b planet surrounded by protoplanetary disk of dust and gas surrounding its star, Fomalhaut .
 - Hubble discovered that planets are also present around other stars different from Sun. Hubble also is responsible for the primacy of the first image of a planet outside the solar collection by an optical telescope. The picture, released in November 2008 shows the Fomalhaut b planet surrounded by protoplanetary disk of dust and gas surrounding its star, Fomalhaut .
- Hubble also showed that dark matter in our galaxy can not be formed only by faint stars not yet observed.
- Some observations suggest that our universe is in a state of accelerated expansion.
- The theory that lots of galaxies contain black holes in their nucleus has been partially confirmed by several observations.
- In December 1995, after having compared a picture called the Hubble Deep Field Hubble, it reinforced the hypothesis that the Universe is uniform on a large scale, and the Earth occupies a place like others in the Universe.

A.Civilleri and M.Giordano 3S

L.Scientifico B.Croce

Succursale via Corazza

Palermo

SLOW FOOD vs JUNK FOOD

His name is Carlo Petrini and he is the Founder of a new lifestyle: eating healthy against the Fast Food lifestyle, whose name is SLOW FOOD. Today he'll meet 280 doctors from the Center for Disease Control and the conference will be (transmitted ) broadcasted to the White House on streaming TV. There will be TERRA MADRE too, the movement implied in agricolture and food production inspired to the same principles at the base of the new food philosophy. Goals of the slow food are : bringing up the taste, saving the biodiversity and the traditional food productions, promoting a food model respectful of environment, cultural traditions and identities.

Sonnets nowadays

"My safe moon"

Could be you similar to the moon?
Sure you shine a lot
and you appear very soon;
for this and for you, once I wrote.

During the day you are my lady-in-waiting,
at night you smile at me;
with your light you find out who's cheating,
so true justice we can see.

But some days you disappear,
in fact there are other beautiful stars,
which distract me and take me fear:
stay with me to fight my life's wars.

Although here 'tis an obstacle,
for ever "love" my moon I'll call.

Aurelio Civilleri III S

I can't forget that day

I can't forget that day

when I knew the love's might

meeting the gentlest creature on my way

who I've never seen in my dreams at night.

She was tanned by July's sun,

sitting on the beach near the sea.

Her lips were so red that never had anyone

and the wind was shaking her golden hair, in the air free.

A fire took possession of my heart,

then, slowly, it flared up

and in the end it invaded each body's part.

How could I hush my feeling up?

Even now I feel that fire inside me

and I'm waiting for her because it can be only mitigated  by thee

Marco Giordano III S

"When I saw you the first time"

When I saw you the first time
you looked like an angel
because you amazed my mind
like a love, unknown stranger.

You are like a star
that shines in the darkness
you and me'd like to go far;
if you're away, I'll hide my nervousness

I heard the ringing bells
and my heart was hit by a thunder
I felt just like in the hell
but I was really downunder

Inside me I felt the war
that's why I love you more.

Giusy Biscari, Roberta Cutrona, Luca Mazza, Manfredi Zappardo III S