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Italys Best (63902024)

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Title Italy's Best

Vacation Overview With its magnificent architecture, beautiful landscapes, sumptuous cuisine, ancient ruins, and brilliant art, Italy is a country like no other. On this affordable Italy 's Best tour, you 'll experience all of this and more. One of the tour 's highlights is the excursion to the Cinque Terre—five medieval seaside villages. The area is noted for its natural beauty with terraces built into the mountainside on cliffs that drop down into the sea. Delight in the unique charm of the area and take in the breathtaking views. On your journey through Tuscany, watch the undulating hills, terraced vineyards, olive groves, and rural villages. More stunning scenery awaits at Lake Maggiore, one of Italy 's largest lakes. Located on the edge of the Swiss Alps, it 's the perfect place to relax and soak in the beauty. Briefly cross the border into Switzerland to Lugano, a lakeside town with a Mediterranean flair. In southern Italy, witness magnificent views of the crystal-clear, blue sea in the vibrant town of Sorrento, and enjoy a day trip to Capri where the crashing sea has formed awe-inspiring caves. On this comprehensive Italy tour, history comes alive. Visit Pompeii, buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. This amazingly preserved archaeological site gives you a detailed insight into ordinary life at the peak of the Roman Empire. In Rome, during the city sightseeing tour with a local guide, see the main sights, as well as Vatican City with St Peter 's Basilica. In Genoa, boasting Europe 's largest medieval historical district, view the remains of the city 's 17th-century fortifications. Visit St Francis ' Basilica in Assisi, a medieval town set in the Umbrian hills. Guided city sightseeing tours are planned in Rome, Florence, Assisi, and Genoa. Your visit to Venice includes a boat trip to St Mark 's square to see the maze of canals forming this unique romantic city. These are just some of the many highlights of this affordable tour of Italy!

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• Soak up the sights and sounds of the breathtaking Italy
• Explore the ancient Rome & cruise along Venetian canals
• Admire the pretty Florence Cathedral & Milan Cathedral
• Visit the ill-fated Pompeii, a former aristocratic town
• Indulge in delicious Italian cuisine and taste local wines
• Introduction
• Day 1 ARRIVE IN ROME, ITALY
• Day 3 ROME–PISA–MONTECATINI
• Day 4 MONTECATINI. EXCURSION TO FLORENCE
• Day 5 MONTECATINI–LA SPEZIA–CINQUE TERRE–GENOA
• Day 6 GENOA–MILAN–LAKE MAGGIORE
• Day 7 LAKE MAGGIORE. EXCURSION TO LUGANO, SWITZERLAND
• Day 8 LAKE MAGGIORE–VERONA–VENICE AREA
• Day 9 VENICE
• Day 10 VENICE AREA–ASSISI–FOLIGNO
• Day 11 ASSISI AREA–POMPEII–SORRENTO COAST
• Day 12 SORRENTO COAST. BOAT TRIP TO CAPRI
• Day 13 SORRENTO COAST–ROME
• Day 14 ROME

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• Overall Rating Excellent 4.9
• Itinerary Good 4.0
• Guide Excellent 4.3
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• Accommodation Good 3.3
• Food Good 3.1
• Tour Operator Cosmos 4.9
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• A Helen · 23rd October 2023 On the whole the tour was brilliant and we were well looked after by Kristina our tour guide and Francesco our driver Trip date: September 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Anonymous · 14th October 2023 Our tour guide/director A++++ Trip date: September 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Anne · 14th October 2023 The tour was fantastic. But not people who want a slow moving tour Trip date: September 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Gail · 13th October 2023 first impression we met the tour guide who was very organised and first hotel was very pleasant as well. Trip date: September 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Helen · 13th October 2023 It more than met expectations in terms of the number and variety of places visited and experiences offered. Pino did a masterful job driving through traffic and tight spaces, and Daniela did a great job priblem-solving many issues and keeping us all... Show more Trip date: October 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Irina · 12th October 2023 Tour was great , we saw lots of beautiful places Trip date: September 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Peter · 12th October 2023 The planned itinerary, the total destinations and key sites were perfect. Although ambitious with travel time vs personal down time was a challenge, we appreciated the tour Director Sonja, keeping everyone on track, on time and organized. Trip date: September 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Anonymous · 12th October 2023 Tour packed with so much history and beauty. Professionally presented in a clean, safe , informative manner Trip date: September 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Linda · 11th October 2023 Tour guides were very knowledgeable, our driver was excellent, accommodations were good, and the sights and scenery were incredible. Having everything arranged and taken care of for us made it so easy to enjoy the sights. Trip date: September 2023 Review collected by Cosmos
• A Anonymous · 11th October 2023 The planned itinerary, the total destinations and key sites were perfect. Although ambitious with travel time vs personal down time was a challenge, we appreciated the tour Director Sonja, keeping everyone on track, on time and organized. Trip date: September 2023 Review collected by Cosmos

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Viva Italia!

From the historic piazzas of Rome to the pastel-tinted fishing villages of Cinque Terre, the quiet back alleys of Assisi to the vine-clad hills of Tuscany, and the sweet views of Lake Como to the world-class art of Florence, unlock the best and brightest sights of Italy with Cosmos. Stroll through the medieval-walled city of Siena, ponder the curious tilt at the Tower of Pisa, sample traditional Neapolitan pizza in Naples, and step back in time in Pompeii. A Cosmos Italy tour will have you living la dolce vita in every way.

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Discover the wonders of sun-kissed Sicily, from the flamboyant capital city of Palermo to the ultra-chic Taormina Riviera. As you follow the island’s sparkling coastline, you can expect archaeological treasures, UNESCO World Heritage sites, ancient works of art, and a cool gelato on every corner.

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Protruding into Switzerland with Italian shores shared by Piedmont and Lombardy, Lake Maggiore is not only gorgeous, it’s a peaceful alternative to Lake Como. With its prestigious Italian gardens, intriguing palaces, and scenic landscapes, it’s a must-visit.

High above postcard-perfect plains below, Assisi is the home of St. Francis of Assisi (born 1180) which brings thousands of Christian pilgrims every year. Whether you’re religious or not, you’ll be struck by the town’s quaint historic centre and striking UNESCO World Heritage Site – Basilica di San Francesco.

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This regional affordable Italy discovery vacation begins and ends in Naples. As one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Naples provides visitors a wealth of folklore, history, and a rich culture of the ages. After a guided sightseeing tour of the city, you’ll be on your way to the Apulia region—the “heel of the boot” of Italy and one of the renowned holiday destinations of the Italian people thanks to its breathtaking landscapes and enchanting coastline with turquoise waters. Among the highlights of this Italy vacation you can look forward to the visit of the 13th-century Castel Del Monte on your way to the beautiful port of Bari. Unveil other surprising treasures, including the fascinating Castellana Grotte limestone caves, the conical-roofed Trulli houses of Alberobello, and Lecce’s Baroque architecture. You’ll also enjoy an excursion to Santa Maria di Leuca with its art nouveau beach huts, and Gallipoli’s underground olive press and winding streets. Your budget-minded vacation in Italy is never short on great food and drink, including the chance to learn about regional specialities on your visit to a Primitivo wine cellar in Manduria and an olive oil tasting session in the countryside. Before returning to Naples, relax for two nights in Fasano—surrounded by vineyards and olive groves. Your affordable Italy tour of the Apulia region of Italy ends where it began—in Naples—where authentic Napoli pizza and espresso coffee await your return!

As one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Naples provides visitors a wealth of folklore, history, and a rich culture of ages

You can look forward to the visit of the 13th-century Castel Del Monte on your way to the beautiful port of Bari.

Unveil other surprising treasures, including the fascinating Castellana Grotte limestone caves, the conical-roofed Trulli houses of Alberobello, and Lecce’s Baroque architecture.

Places You'll See

Holiday inn napoli, b&b hotel bari, sierra silvana.

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Day 1: Arrive In Naples,Italy

Location: naples, accommodation: hotel, accommodation name: holiday inn napoli, meals included: dinner.

Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free to start exploring Naples, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Tonight, meet your Tour Director and travel companions.

Day 2: Naples,Castel Del Monte,Bari

Location: naples, castel del monte, bari, accommodation name: hotel excelsior, meals included: breakfast.

The guided sightseeing tour this morning gives you an introduction to the eventful history of this city and its vibrant traditions. Depart Naples and travel into Apulia, the legendary “heel” of Italy. Stop to visit Castel del Monte, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built in the 13th century by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, and renowned for its unique octagonal shape. Continue to the Adriatic coastline for an orientation tour of the beautiful port city of Bari. Today’s Distance: 177 mi/ 285 km

Day 3: Bari,Castellana Grotte,Alberobello,Lecce

Location: bari, castellana grotte, alberobello, lecce, accommodation name: hotel eos.

Experience the famous limestone caves of Castellana Grotte. This impressive system is a wonderland of captivating stalactites, stalagmites, and crystallized mineral deposits. Next stop is Alberobello, renowned for its distinct conical-roofed “Trulli” houses. Follow the coastline to lovely Lecce, the “Florence of the South.” Today’s Distance: 107 mi/ 173 km

Day 4: Lecce. Excursion To Santa Maria Di Leuca & Gallipoli

Location: lecce, santa maria di leuca, gallipoli.

On your included excursion to Santa Maria di Leuca, the southernmost tip of Apulia, discover art nouveau villas and beach huts from the early 20th century. On to Gallipoli, an ancient Greek city built on an island in the Ionian Sea. Enjoy the Old Town with its quaint ambiance, winding streets, and inviting squares. Discover Frantoio Ipogeo, an underground olive press buried in the tufa rock. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, workers pressed Gallipoli’s olive oil, and used it to light the city’s oil lamps. Return to Lecce. Time to marvel at its opulent Baroque buildings. Today’s Distance: 106 mi/ 170 km

Day 5: Lecce,Manduria,Ostuni,Fasano

Location: lecce, manduria, ostuni, fasano, accommodation name: sierra silvana, meals included: breakfast, dinner.

On to Manduria, situated in the rural wine-growing region. Visit a wine cellar and get to taste some of the typical Primitivo wine. Next stop is Ostuni, only 42 miles from Greece, characterized by its flat-roofed, white, Greek-looking town centre. Overnight in Fasano, a peaceful town surrounded by olive groves and vineyards, not far from the Adriatic Sea. Today’s Distance: 75 mi/ 120 km

Day 6: Fasano

Location: fasano.

Today is free to do as you like. Maybe join the optional excursion to Matera and Altamura. The impressive “rock city” of Matera is home to the prehistoric sassi cave dwellings, while a guided tour of Altamura reveals the amazing stone-clad city, with free time afterwards to stroll through the Old Town on your own.

Day 7: Fasano,Naples

Location: fasano, naples, meals included: breakfast, lunch.

Puglia is famous for its olive trees and, this morning, you’ll visit a traditional olive mill. Taste some genuine olive oil, enjoy a light lunch, and stroll around the groves. Later, travel back to Naples for a chance to treat yourself to a real espresso coffee shot or the most authentic pizza. Today’s Distance: 199 mi/ 320 km

Day 8: Naples

Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.

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Private, first-class, air-conditioned motorcoach with free Wi-Fi

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Castel del Monte|Historic Centre of Naples|The Trulli of Alberobello

Buffet breakfasts daily; 1 lunch; 3 dinners

Holiday Inn Naples is located right in the Centro Direzionale business district, a perfect position to get to the train station Naples Garibaldi (15 minutes by car) and Amalfi coast (1 hour drive). All rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with tea and coffee making facilities, safe, and work desk, and many overlook the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius.

B&B Hotel Bari

The Hotel is located in the elegant area of Carcassi in Bari, only 2 km away from the commercial and historical center of the city and a 10-min drive of Bari harbor. All of the 62 large air-conditioned rooms feature a small sitting area and a balcony, a flat-screen TV, Free Wi-Fi, minibar and desk. The bathrooms are equipped with hairdryer and complimentary toiletries.

Modern and comfy, the hotel was born in 2008 from an unusual design competition, Viaggio nel Salento (Travel to Salento). The modern design hotel Eos, offers 30 air-conditioned guest rooms that come with a satellite TV and a minibar. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout and the good location is jkust a stone's throw away from Lecce making it the ideal place from which to enjoy Salento.

Hotel Sierra Silvana in the heart of Selva di Fasano, on the outskirts of Salento, consists of five houses surrounded by a large Mediterranean garden where there are also 4 beautiful trulli.In its Mediterranean Garden the 120 rooms are gathered in 5 abodes plunged into plants and trees of different species: here lie 7 trulli too, for guests who want to spend some days in these pretty cone-shaped houses.

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Travel documents, including any air tickets, itineraries, and other information, are available approximately two to three weeks prior to departure provided full payment has been received.

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Venice Biennale 2024: Archie Moore unveils his staggering artwork spanning 2,400 generations at the Australia pavilion

Analysis Venice Biennale 2024: Archie Moore unveils his staggering artwork spanning 2,400 generations at the Australia pavilion

In the south of Venice, Italy, along one of its many famed canals, sits a large cube-like building designated "Australia". Inside, thousands of rectangular white boxes map more than 2,400 generations in what must be the most expansive family tree ever drawn by hand.

The vast chalk drawing is the centrepiece of Archie Moore's installation, kith and kin, Australia's representative exhibition for the 60th Venice Biennale, which opens to the public today. It's the world's oldest, if not foremost, contemporary art biennial.

The title of the installation refers to the Old English term that denotes one's family and countrymen, which has particular resonance for the Bigambul and Kamilaroi artist in this work, centring the notion of Country alongside the First Nations concepts of extended family and community.

In the darkened space of the pavilion, it's easy to imagine you're under the night sky, such as you find in the Australian bush.

Curator Ellie Buttrose has likened it to a "celestial map", except in this low-light vision of the cosmos, the stars are the names of Moore's real and speculative ancestors.

Just as Moore's ancestors read the stars, so did they populate the dark matter between the stars with epic origin stories.

But there are gaping holes in Moore's genealogical chart, representing gaps in cultural knowledge and oral history that could not be passed on due to colonisation, massacres, epidemics and even natural disasters.

It's an intentionally incomplete family tree — distilling some 65,000 years of ancestry into a single artwork now on display on the Rio dei Giardini.

From white cube to Blak monolith

Like embassies or diplomatic missions, friendly nations — 86 in total — are invited to install the work of their representative artists in their national pavilions for the duration of the Biennale, in a park set aside for the purpose, the Giardini, just off the Grand Canal.

The traditionally white cube of Australia's pavilion has disappeared under litres of blackboard paint, and the inside is redolent of chalk dust.

Moore's drawing covers all four walls and the ceiling of the pavilion with names of both real and hypothetical ancestors. In the centre, hundreds of piles of gleaming white documents are arranged meticulously on a table.

Among them are coronial reports with names redacted: The official proceedings of inquests into the hundreds of Indigenous deaths in state care since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody delivered its final, multi-volume report in 1991.

A dark horse

When it was announced that Moore had been selected to represent Australia in Venice, some observers questioned the decision.

But while the sceptics twittered , the characteristically unassuming artist quietly continued work on kith and kin, which he has painstakingly installed over the past two months by hand in the monolith of the Australia pavilion.

Moore is an introvert. Across his 30-year career, he has built a reputation for creating subversive work that sometimes flies under the radar of the mainstream art world. But that's what he does best — he lets the work speak for itself.

And speak it does, sometimes acidly, but with tongue firmly planted in cheek and lashings of self-deprecating black humour.

Although Moore is something of an outlier, he has produced consistently strong and increasingly ambitious work over the past decade since a cruel joke turned inward won him the University of Queensland's National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize in 2013.

He entered a taxidermied black dog — of the breed known for turning on their owners or small children — as his self-portrait for the invitation-only $50,000 prize. (If you look closely, the collar tag reads "Archie".)

The dog's fur wasn't lustrous enough so Moore darkened it with black shoe polish, like the punchline to some racist joke.

It's a biting crystallisation of Moore's rage at the racial abuse, the not-black-enough colourism and punch-down lateral violence he experienced firsthand, growing up in Australia with mixed Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage. (His mother's lineage is Bigambul and Kamilaroi, while his father is of Scottish and British descent.)

Making his mark

For those who have followed Moore's trajectory closely, his selection as Australia's representative artist at the Venice Biennale comes as no surprise.

At 54, he is one of a growing crop of gen X artists to represent Australia in the Biennale d'Arte, a highly-prized distinction even among the most cynical of practitioners.

He is also only the second First Nations artist to solo-represent Australia in the 25 years of national participation.

Previous representatives include Marco Fusinato , whose work Desastres offered a piercing and at times harmonic wall of noise in a daily ritual of showing up — all 200 days of the Biennale in 2022. Then there was  Angelica Mesiti , who orchestrated a musical score based on a poem by David Malouf in 2019; Tracey Moffatt , who dreamt up sepia-toned visions of exile and longing in 2017; and Fiona Hall , who was the first to present in the new pavilion in 2015 with a work that has been described as a wunderkammer in camo, patrolled by stray camp dogs.

Sharing kith and kin

The Australian pavilion is nestled behind those of Great Britain, France and the United States, adjacent to Czechia and Uruguay, and backs onto Israel. Its black steel exterior makes a bold statement about the island nation's modernity. (Aboriginal artist and activist Richard Bell once ridiculed it as a  "black box for white art" .)

Inside though, it is a tabula rasa — a blank slate. Every representative artist since it opened in 2015 has had to integrate their work or at least fill the space within the architectural box.

None has made their presence felt more visibly than Moore, with his hand-drawn family tree that unfurls on the walls of the Australia pavilion.

It contends with the overall theme of the Biennale, curated by Brazil's Adriano Pedrosa: "Foreigners everywhere."

None too subtly, in Moore's expansive family tree, the borders disappear and we are all either "kin" — blood relatives with mutual descent from a common ancestor — or "kith" — a community with a shared responsibility for Country.

It's a poetic and timely reminder, according to Buttrose, of our common humanity.

kith and kin is at the Australia pavilion, Giardini della Biennale, as part of the Venice Biennale until November 24.

Daniel Browning received a partial travel bursary from Creative Australia to participate in the public program for the Venice Biennale.

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These Chandra Instagram experiences join a space-themed collection in Instagram from recent years, that includes NASA mission control, the International Space Station, and the Perseverance Rover on Mars. The objects in the new Chandra Instagram collection include the Tycho supernova remnant, the Vela Pulsar, the Helix Nebula, the Cat’s Eye , and the Chandra spacecraft.

The new Instagram experiences are created from 3D models based on data collected by Chandra and other telescopes along with computer models. Traditionally, it has been very difficult to gather 3D data of objects in space due to their two-dimensional projection on the sky. New instruments and techniques, however, have allowed astronomers in recent years to construct data-driven models of what these distant objects look like in three dimensions.

These advancements in astronomy have paralleled the explosion of opportunities in virtual, extended, and augmented reality. Such technologies provide virtual digital experiences, which now extend beyond Earth and into the cosmos.

This new set of Chandra Instagram experiences was made possible by a collaboration including NASA and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as students and researchers at Brown University. The 3D models of Tycho, Vela and Helix were done in conjunction with Sal Orlando, an astrophysicist at Italy’s National Institute for Astrophysics in Palermo. The Cat’s Eye Nebula was created with data from Ryan Clairmont, physics researcher and undergraduate at Stanford University. Kim Arcand from SAO oversaw the project and worked with Brown University’s Tom Sgouros and his team, research assistant Alexander Dupuis and undergraduate Healey Koch, on the Chandra Instagram filters.

Vela Pulsar: The Vela Pulsar is the aftermath of a star that collapsed, followed by an explosion that sent a remarkable storm of particles and energy into space. The Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes captured this storm, seen here as a 3D model. At the center of Vela is a pulsar, a rapidly spinning dense star that sends beams of light out into space like a cosmic lighthouse.

Tycho's Supernova Remnant: Massive stars die in giant explosions called supernovas that can outshine an entire galaxy. After a supernova explosion, the remains of the star can become a spectacular and evolving cosmic monument to the now-deceased star. These remnants glow in X-ray light, which NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory can detect such as in this image of Tycho’s Supernova Remnant.

Helix Nebula: In about 5 billion years, our Sun will run out of fuel and expand, possibly engulfing Earth. These end stages of a star’s life can be utterly beautiful as is the case with this planetary nebula called the Helix Nebula. Astronomers study these objects by looking at all kinds of light, including X-rays that the Chandra X-ray Observatory sees.

Cat's Eye Nebula: Eventually, our Sun will run out of fuel and die (though not for about another 5 billion years). As it does, it will become like the object seen here, the Cat’s Eye Nebula, which is a planetary nebula. A fast wind from the remaining stellar core rams into the ejected atmosphere and pushes it outward, creating wispy structures seen in X-rays by Chandra and optical light by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Chandra Spacecraft: A quarter of a century ago, scientists began a quest to answer some of the biggest questions in the Universe. They have discovered many truths — and uncovered even more mysteries. Since it was launched into space in July 1999, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has changed our view of the Universe. With this telescope, we continue to see what is otherwise invisible. We are still learning, exploring, and expanding humanity’s grasp of what the Universe has to offer. Our X-ray legacy continues.

This image contains four separate images presented in a 2 by 2 grid. Top left, Vela pulsar. Top right, Tycho's Supernova Remnant. Bottom left, Helix Nebula. Bottom right, Cat's Eye Nebula.

The Vela Pulsar, the aftermath of a collapsed and exploded star sending a jet of particles into space. The pulsar resembles a soft, pillowy, lavender bean in a pocket of blue gas. A faint stream of gas, the X-ray jet, appears to shoot from the pocket, heading into the distance at our upper right. Purple markings in the lavender bean shape strongly resemble narrow eyes and an open mouth, giving the pulsar a squinting happy face. In this image, X-ray light detected by Chandra is shown in blues and purples.

The Tycho supernova remnant is a spherical cloud of reds, greens, and blues set against a starry sky. The cloud is ejected material still propagating from a star that exploded in 1572, as seen from Earth. Here, the supernova resembles a fluffy pink cotton ball. The dense, translucent cloud is streaked with hazy veins, and mottled with red and blue. The edges of the cloud appear to be highlighted in soft white. Upon close inspection, a thin red-violet line can be discerned around the outer edge of the multicolored cloud. The red-violet line shows where electrons have been accelerated to high energies, producing X-rays detected by Chandra. This provides evidence that supernova remnants are a major source of energetic particles, including electrons and protons, which continually hit Earth's atmosphere.

The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula, the end phases of the life of a Sun-like star. Helix resembles a creature's eye, both in shape and in detail. At the center of the nebula, where the pupil would reside, an orb shaped cloud glows in dark pink. Surrounding the orb, where the colored iris of an eye would be, is a dramatic mix of color in blues, browns, and golds that appear somewhat striated, very similar to a human eye. These striations extend to the left and right of the otherwise circular iris structure, as though they had been gently pulled from the two o'clock and seven o'clock positions until the material formed faint wisps. Surrounding the iris structure are roughly spherical puffs of blue haze. The entire canvas is dotted with stars in red, green, and blue.

The Cat's Eye Nebula is an image of an ethereal shape surrounded by concentric circles. The shape is a huge cloud of gas and dust blown off of a dying star. The concentric circles are bubbles expelled by the star over time. The dust cloud resembles a translucent pastry pulled to golden yellow points near our upper right and lower left, with a blob of bright purple jelly inside the bulbous pale blue core. The jelly-like center represents X-ray data from Chandra. The outer cloud and translucent circles represent visible light data from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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I due poli principali, Opificio 31 con Tortona Rocks e Superstudio con Superdesign Show, riaprono le porte al Fuorisalone. Ecco una breve guida alle istallazioni da non perdere durante la Milano Design Week 2024

I due poli principali di Tortona, Opificio 31 con Tortona Rocks e Superstudio con Superdesign Show , riaprono le porte al Fuorisalone. Ecco una breve guida alle istallazioni da non perdere durante la Milano Design Week 2024.

Iniziamo dall’Opificio in via Tortona 31 con la nona edizione di Tortona Rocks . Il tema di quest’anno è ‘ Prelude. Introduzione al design che verrà’

Crystal Beat II

Preciosa Lighting, il brand cecoslovacco di luci decorative in cristallo di Boemia, si presenta anche quest’anno in Opificio 31, con un’istallazione immersiva che mette in scena tradizione artigianale e tecnologia. Al centro di questa nuova e dinamica installazione ‘Crystal Beat II’ troviamo la luce e il cristallo, che come uno spettacolo pirotecnico fanno vivere al visitatore in un caleidoscopio di emozioni.

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L’installazione artistica che caratterizza la corte interna di via Tortona 31 quest’anno porta la firma dello street artist spagnolo Okuda San Miguel , noto per i suoi coloratissimi pattern geometrici. Hong Chul Wonderland nasce dall’incontro tra l’artista e Ro Hong Chul, star sudcoreana famosa per il suo carattere ottimista, e dalla collaborazione con NOROO Group , azienda coreana leader nel settore delle tinte.

Il colore è quindi protagonista di questo murales tridimensionale dalle geometrie arcobaleno che fa da sfondo agli eventi di Tortona Rocks e racconta i risultati più innovativi raggiunti dall’azienda coreana in tema di palette di colori. via Tortona 31 16-21 aprile 2024 dalle 10:00 alle 20:00 www.okudasanmiguel.com

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Nello showroom di via Tortona 31, Archiproducts inaugura durante la Milano Design Week il nuovo ed elegante allestimento 2024, ispirato al concetto dell’acqua. Il nuovo percorso è curato anche quest’anno dallo Studiopepe e realizzato in partnership con Explora Journeys del gruppo MSC Crociere , in collaborazione con numerosi brand promossi dal popolare portale online dedicato al design e all'architettura.

Qui si può esplorare la natura dinamica dell’acqua in un susseguirsi di stanze che giocano con le proprietà ottiche dell’acqua, con la sua riflettenza e con la profondità, attraverso un elegante uso del colore e di materiali in contrasto, ruvidi, traslucidi e opalini, che replicano l’effetto dell’acqua ferma o in movimento. La fanno da protagonista le superfici delle pareti, dei pavimenti e dei soffitti, con una interessante selezione di tinte e materiali vari.

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1st è il tema dell’allestimento di IKEA per il Fuorisalone 2024 al Padiglione Visconti, in via Tortona 58. Al centro c’è la prima casa come contenitore di molte delle prime volte della vita, con un focus sulle nuove generazioni.

Quella di quest’anno è una mostra-evento, progettata dall’architetta Midori Hasuike e dallo spatial designer Emerzon, che da tempo collaborano con IKEA. Lo spazio del brand svedese sarà anche quest’anno un luogo di ristoro, relax, divertimento e incontro, animato da un fitto programma di incontri ed eventi musicali, per saperne di più leggi l’articolo dedicato .

via Tortona 58 16-20 aprile 2024 dalle 10:00 alle 00:00 21 aprile 2024 dalle 10:00 alle 18:00 www.ikea.com/it

Spostandosi negli spazi del Superstudio in via Tortona 27, durante questa edizione del Fuorisalone 2024, il Superdesign Show affronta il tema ‘Thinking Different: il tempo delle sfide’ . Prendetevi una mappa e seguiteci, ecco cosa non perdere.

Designblok Cosmos

Il Festival Internazionale Designblok di Praga, arrivato alla 25esima edizione, si promuove all’estero attraverso una capsula mobile che porta in scena ‘La Bellezza Intergalattica del Design Ceco’. Nella scenografia spaziale di Designblok Cosmos viene messo in mostra il meglio dell’arte vetraria ceca contemporanea. Come prima tappa del tour gli organizzatori hanno scelto la Milano Design Week 2024 e sono atterrati negli spazi esterni del Superstudio di via Tortona. Nel veicolo spaziale sono presentate dieci opere in vetro, pezzi unici realizzati da un team di designer cechi multigenerazionali, con approcci personali molto diversi, tutti spaziali.

numero 4 - via Tortona 27 16-20 aprile 2024 dalle 11:00 alle 21:00 21 aprile 2024 dalle 11:00 alle 18:00 www.designblok.cz

Why not? La sfida dell’arte

La scelta di allestire una mostra di opere grafiche di Daniele Cima , che propone la scritta ‘ why not? ’ tradotta in 42 lingue del mondo, nasce dal tema del Superstudio di quest’anno ‘Thinking different’ ed è una ‘ Call to action’ dell’autore a pensare diversamente. Per iniziare ad agire diversamente bisogna prima porsi la domanda, perché no? Questa affermazione diventa un termometro di apertura mentale e culturale.

La ricerca creativa di Davide Cima, parte dall’arte grafica del lettering e dalla rivalutazione dei caratteri tipografici come elemento visivo, cercando di riportare la parola al centro della cultura contemporanea, così ossessionata dalla sola immagine. numero 2 - via Tortona 27 16-20 aprile 2024 dalle 11:00 alle 21:00 21 aprile 2024 dalle 11:00 alle 18:00 www.danielecimart.com

Il padiglione dell’ Istituto Marangoni Milano- School of Design per questo FuoriSalone 2024, presenta tredici progetti di arredi domestici realizzati dagli studenti del corso di Master in Product & Furniture Design e sviluppati in collaborazione con la storica azienda di mobili Cappellini, con l’obbiettivo di dare voce alle mutate necessità della loro Generazione Z .

La mostra ‘No Code’ esplora i risultati di un’autoanalisi degli studenti, che si sono interrogati sulle loro esigenze generazionali e hanno portato alla luce il loro approccio all’innovazione tecnologia e al digitale, spingendo il design fuori dai soliti canoni e dalle ormai convenzionali barriere tra fisico e virtuale.

numero 6 - via Tortona 27 16-20 aprile 2024 dalle 11:00 alle 21:00 21 aprile 2024 dalle 11:00 alle 18:00 www.istitutomarangoni.com

Like Trees In The Woods

L’opera metafisica dello scultore Michele D’Agostino curata Giandomenico Di Marzio per il brand italiano NichelcromLab , specializzato nell’acciaio inox, è una tappa da non perdere nel Fuorisalone 2024 a Tortona.

Like Trees In The Wood è un momento di pausa in cui il visitatore ha la possibilità di immergersi in un metaverso reale, in cui ci si ritrova dentro un bosco di querce surreale e si rimane soli con sé stessi. La scenografica e spaesante opera riesce a portare il bosco in una stanza, sottolineando la bellezza e la fragilità della natura e dell’essere umano

numero 26 - via Tortona 27 16-20 aprile 2024 dalle 11:00 alle 21:00 21 aprile 2024 dalle 11:00 alle 18:00

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The Fireplace

Il padiglione circolare disegnato dal noto architetto Francis Kéré , per il brand di cucine next125 è una elegante mico-architettura in legno. Lo spazio circolare coperto da una struttura irregolare a cupola che rievoca gli spazi spirituali e intimi delle strutture arcaiche con al centro il focolare.

numero 31 - via Tortona 27 16-20 aprile 2024 dalle 11:00 alle 21:00 21 aprile 2024 dalle 11:00 alle 18:00 www.kerearchitecture.com www.next125.com

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Aliens may be hitching rides on meteors to colonize the cosmos, study suggests. Here's how we could spot them.

A fringe theory called "panspermia" suggests that lifeforms can spread to new planets by hitching rides on meteors. New research lays out a roadmap for finding where these hypothetical, planet-hopping aliens may reside.

If life is capable of spreading from planet to planet — a concept known as " panspermia " — then we might be able to detect it, even if we don't know what we're looking for, new research suggests.

Astronomers are on the hunt for life beyond Earth . While there are several promising locations within the solar system , the sheer abundance of exoplanets means that we are most likely to find life on a planet orbiting another star. There are more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets to date, according to NASA — and that number is always rising.

But these searches for extraterrestrial life currently face one major roadblock: we don't know exactly what we're looking for. We only know of one kind of planet that is definitely capable of hosting life, and we only know of one kind of life — that is, Earth, and the carbon-based life that is found here. But life may, say astronomers, take an astonishing number of forms throughout the galaxy. While we might get extremely lucky and find an exact replica of Earth with the exact same kind of life, we are more likely to face fuzzy, unclear, nuanced situations that will take many years to unravel.

A pair of astronomers recently proposed an alternative to this approach, focusing less on what life would look like and more on what life would do. Specifically, they propose a detection strategy based on the concept of panspermia, the idea that life can start on one planet and spread to others by hitching rides on meteorites.

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While panspermia lies outside the mainstream of scientific research, it's not outright pseudo-science either. Martian meteorites have been found on Earth , and scientists are routinely surprised by the hardiness of living creatures and the extreme environments that they can survive in.

One of the key characteristics of any kind of life is its ability to change a planet's natural balance. On Earth, for example, we have far more oxygen in our atmosphere than we would were life not present, and distant observers would notice much more green on our landmasses than there would be otherwise.

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We don't know exactly what properties of an exoplanet that alien life would change — but, if that life is capable of panspermia, then it would attempt to make those same changes on every planet it came across as it spread from world to world. Sometimes it would fail, if the conditions weren't right to allow that life to thrive — but sometimes it would succeed, making the new planet similar to its original world. Then that new planet would serve as a starting point for a new round of panspermia.

In their new study, the researchers devised a statistical test where, if we measure enough properties of enough planets, then we can potentially identify a cluster of nearby planets that share similar characteristics. Since these planets, each one orbiting a distant star, would have no other reason to be similar to each other, this cluster would stand out from the collection of all exoplanets .

Such a discovery wouldn't be a smoking gun for identifying life, but it would be a major clue that something strange was happening to those planets — and that the cause just might be life propagating among the stars.

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The researchers acknowledged that their work has limitations. Firstly, it assumes that panspermia is possible, which is an untested hypothesis. Secondly, their technique only works if we can collect enough data about a large number of exoplanets. But the advantage of their technique is that it's "agnostic," meaning that it can identify a potential signature of life without any bigger assumptions about how that life works.

The team's research was published in March to the preprint database arXiv, and has not yet been peer reviewed.

Paul M. Sutter is a research professor in astrophysics at  SUNY Stony Brook University and the Flatiron Institute in New York City. He regularly appears on TV and podcasts, including  "Ask a Spaceman." He is the author of two books, "Your Place in the Universe" and "How to Die in Space," and is a regular contributor to Space.com, Live Science, and more. Paul received his PhD in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011, and spent three years at the Paris Institute of Astrophysics, followed by a research fellowship in Trieste, Italy. 

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admin said: A fringe theory called "panspermia" suggests that lifeforms can spread to new planets by hitching rides on meteors. New research lays out a roadmap for finding where these hypothetical, planet-hopping aliens may reside. Aliens may be hitching rides on meteors to colonize the cosmos, study suggests. Here's how we could spot them. : Read more

• Bonzadog Too much pure speculation is being treated as factual information. this seems to be happening a lot. More scientific methodology is needed. Reply
• Robert Lohman I don't think a panspermia theory needs to posit intentional action by intelligent aliens. On earth,life on the prokaryotic level can remain dormant for a ridiculously long time. The odds against such life being launched into space in ejecta and landing on a suitable planet may be very long,but given enough time and a vast universe,it may happen. Reply
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