"Sun, Sun, Chief..." October 21, 2020 – Posted in: Magazine

Sun: Introductory note by Dionysis P. Simopoulos, Honorary Director of Eugenidei Planetarium for the #6 issue of How it works Solar Orbiter magazine One of the most interesting articles in this issue describes the mission of the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft with the aim of star of the day And although today we know that our Sun is nothing more than a simple and comparatively unimportant star of our Galaxy, for us it is particularly important... Continue reading

The invention of the telescope - Dionysis P. Simopoulos September 15, 2020 – Posted in: Magazine

Introductory note by Dionysis P. Simopoulos, Honorary director of Eugenidei Planetarios for the #5 issue of How it works magazine The wide variety of science and technology articles included in each issue of our magazine gives its readers the opportunity to choose the series with the who read them, depending on their interests. The same thing happens to me every time. So, as I flipped through today's issue, the article that caught my immediate interest was…