From Sparkling Water to Dark Matter

Aug 24, 2022 · 38 min · Season 2 · Episode 5 · 27.9 MB

0:00-38:46

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The most famous product of San Pellegrino, Italy, is its sparkling water. But from this same village in the north of Italy has come a PhD scientist working on detecting the most elusive ingredients of the universe… and hoping for a chance to fly, herself, in space. Hear Dr. Maria Elena Monzani’s story...

Guests:
- Dr. Maria Elena Monzani, a Lead Scientist at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and an adjunct scholar for the Vatican Observatory.
- Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ, Director of Vatican Observatory

Vatican Observatory website: https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/