The 'double pulsar,' discovered in 2003 by researcher Marta Burgay of INAF in Cagliari, has been the testing ground for a study aimed at probing the limits of Einstein's general theory of relativity through a series of rigorous and unprecedented scientific tests.
There is a lot of Sardinia in the launch, which took place from Cape Canaveral at seven on December 9, 2021, of the IXPE satellite telescope, the result of a collaboration between NASA and an all-Italian partnership coordinated by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) with the scientific contribution of the National Institute for Astrophysics. The work of the INAF Cagliari team was particularly important.
Visits, both live and virtual, to the Sardinia Radio Telescope in San Basilio are resuming in collaboration with Sharper - European Researchers' Night.
