{"id":1940684,"date":"2023-05-30T10:10:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/italy-bets-on-quietest-of-places-to-host-world-leading-telescope\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T10:14:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:14:34","slug":"italy-bets-on-quietest-of-places-to-host-world-leading-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/italy-bets-on-quietest-of-places-to-host-world-leading-telescope\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy chooses peaceful location for top telescope."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fitaly-bets-on-quietest-of-places-to-host-world-leading-telescope%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1940684&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Italy Proposes Disused Mine in Sardinia for Advanced Telescope<\/h2>\n<p>By Federico Maccioni<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Italy is proposing a disused mineral mine in a remote corner of Sardinia to house one of the world\u2019s most advanced telescopes, hoping that the uncommon stillness of the spot will clinch European Union approval and funds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Sos Enathos lead and zinc mine, extending 300 metres underground below lush vegetation, has been picked by the Rome government as its candidate to host the so-called Einstein Telescope (ET).<\/p>\n<p>The breakthrough EU-financed project aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transform-our-view-of-the-world-scientists-find-origins-of-worlds-minerals-may-offer-path-to-find-extraterrestrial-life\/\" title=\"\u2018Transform Our View Of The World\u2019: Scientists Find Origins Of World\u2019s Minerals, May Offer Path To Find Extraterrestrial Life\">explore deep space<\/a> through the study of gravitational waves, and it can only work with when ground vibrations are minimal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt will allow us \u2026 to see events very close to when the Big Bang happened\u201d around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientists-webb-space-telescope-pic-turns-out-to-be-delicious-hoax\/\" title=\"Scientist\u2019s Webb \u2018Space Telescope\u2019 Pic Turns Out To Be Delicious Hoax\">14 billion years ago<\/a>, 2021 Physics Nobel Prize winner Giorgio Parisi told Reuters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Parisi and other scientists say the mine is ideal due to the area\u2019s low seismic activity and the absence of settlements nearby, but Italy faces a rival bid from a site in Meuse-Rhine, a region divided among the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>The tender will be officially awarded no sooner than the end of next year.<\/p>\n<p>Italy is betting that its 1.9-billion-euro ($2.09 billion)project can bring much-needed investment to the island of Sardinia, one of the country\u2019s poorest regions.<\/p>\n<p>The government has already invested 50 million euros of EU post-pandemic recovery funds in its bid, including a feasibility study.<\/p>\n<p>Gravitational waves, the ripples in space and time predicted by Albert Einstein, are caused by the collision of celestial entities like black holes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The telescope is expected to capture the waves and observe a volume of the universe much larger than is seen by the tools currently used, known as interferometers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>A Mine of Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Italian project\u2019s design envisages a triangle-shaped underground facility with 10-km-long arms.<\/p>\n<p>Mirrors at the end of each tunnel will reflect laser beams whose lengths are affected by the passage of gravitational waves. These minimal variations in length will be analysed by the ET.<\/p>\n<p>Sos Enathos, near the remote town of Lula in eastern Sardinia, was a mining site for at least 2,000 years before being shut down in 1997.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Local authorities now see the telescope as an opportunity to bring new life to an area hit by poor infrastructure, a declining birth-rate and depopulation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe mine has become the alternative to the mine,\u201d Mario Calia, the 63-year-old mayor of Lula, told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Calia, himself a former miner, said the project would leave Lula\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/italy-bets-on-quietest-of-places-to-host-world-leading-telescope\/\" title=\"Italy chooses peaceful location for top telescope.\">unspoiled natural landscape untouched<\/a> while bringing in investment.<\/p>\n<h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Kari Lake brings new evidence to light, allegedly showing how voting machines were tampered with.<\/li>\n<li>America honors its fallen heroes while Speaker McCarthy and Biden strike a deal on the debt ceiling.<\/li>\n<li>OAN\u2019s Nathaniel Mannor5:30 PM \u2013 Monday, May 29, 2023 A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leigh-bortins-fights-for-home-schooling\/\" title=\"Leigh Bortins advocates for homeschooling.\">home-school activist<\/a> in North Carolina, outlines a plan to fight back against\u2026<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-ariz-voting-machines-were-tampered-with\/\" title=\"Arizona voting machines tampered with, says Kari Lake.\">deadly gang war erupts<\/a> at a motorcycle rally in New Mexico.<\/li>\n<li>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet the chief executive of OpenAI, Sam Altman, on Thursday.<\/li>\n<li>India will start a pilot project this week to establish itself as an electronics repair\u2026<\/li>\n<li>(Note: Strong language in paragraph 10) \u201cI actually like Ron DeSantis a lot,\u201d Hillary\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy suggests using an abandoned mineral mine in Sardinia for an advanced telescope. The Sos Enathos mine&#8217;s quiet location may secure EU funding and approval. 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