An international team of researchers led by Dr Shweta Dalal (University of Exeter), discovered three potential "super-Earth" exoplanets orbiting the relatively nearby orange dwarf star HD 48948, located at about 55 light-years from Earth.

A team of international researchers has conducted an in-depth study on fluorine abundances in seven open clusters as part of the Stellar Population Astrophysics (SPA) program at Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG).

The study provides new insights into the chemical evolution of the Galactic disk using open clusters as they are crucial for understanding the age, evolution, and chemical properties of this portion of our Galaxy.

"The second phase of the "Young Astronomers and Telescopio Nazionale Galileo" Competition has just concluded. Launched last November in its first edition, it has just completed its second phase, which saw the six winners together with their tutors experience an astronomical internship at Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG), under the supervision of Gloria Andreuzzi, TNG staff and responsible of the competition on behalf of INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) and TNG. The six students Italo Grasso, Leonardo Karol Iaquinto, Chiara Izzo, Emanuele Morone, Fabio Pascale, and Annalisa Vitelli from Liceo Scientifico I.I.S. Telesio di Telese Terme (BN), along with their teacher Antonio Pepe, their INAF tutor Vincenzo Testa (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma) who followed them during the preparation of the proposal and the observations and Elisa di Carlo, responsible for the competition by SAIT (Società Astronomica Italiana), reached the island of La Palma last Saturday, May 4th.

On 2023, November 15, at 15:36:22 UT the European Space Agency (ESA) INTEGRAL satellite detected a short (about 0.1 second duration) flash of gamma-ray radiation from the nearby galaxy M 82 (12 million light years).