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National Geographic, October 2025: Prof. Luca Valentini on Sustainable Lunar Habitats

17.10.2025

The October 2025 issue of National Geographic is titled "The Great Race to the Moon". This edition focuses on new space missions and the preparations to return humans to the Moon and build permanent settlements. Inside the magazine, there's also an interview with Luca Valentini, professor at the

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An overview on the first Archaeological Micromorphology Summer School

01.10.2025

 The first Archaeological Micromorphology Summer School, conducted from 8 to 12 September 2025 at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua, achieved significant outcomes, fostering academic excellence and interdisciplinary collaboration in the field.Led by Prof. Cristiano Nicosia and

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In memory of Riccardo Pozzobon: the ceremony at the SIMP-SGI Congress

17.09.2025

Science, exploration and friendship are woven in this touching tribute to Riccardo Pozzobon, a brilliant planetary geologist from the Department of Geosciences at the University of Padua, who passed away on 2 September during a mission in Alaska.The official ceremony in memory of Riccardo Pozzobon

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From Alaskan Glaciers to Icy Moons: Unraveling Space Mysteries on Earth

29.08.2025

The Department of Geosciences, with researcher Riccardo Pozzobon, is involved in the GEMINI project, led by Costanza Rossi of the INAF Astronomical Observatory of Padua and funded by the National Geographic Grant Programme.

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Innovative Virtual Field Trips Enhance Geosciences Education at University of Padova

30.06.2025

The project is called Trail Geo and introduces virtual geological field trips to complement traditional on-site excursions. The first case-study was the Santerno Valley

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