Here you can find some resources describing a selection of my scientific public outreach.
Also… why is outreach important?
My sixth op-ed article published in Scientific American (online)
Link to article
My feature article published in the printed edition of Sky & Telescope (May 2024)
Link to article (first page only)
My fourth op-ed article published in Scientific American (online)
Link to article
My second op-ed article published in Scientific American (online and December 2022 print edition)
Link to article
Scan of the first page of the December 2022 printed edition
My first op-ed article published in Scientific American (online edition)
Link to article
Interview for Discover Magazine on the “fuzzball” black hole theory
Link to article
Interview for Yale Daily News on a paper about primordial black holes
Link to article
Interview for Sky & Telescope on our discovery of two z~13 sources
Link to article
Interview for Popular Science on a Nature paper (not mine)
Link to article
Podcast from the RAI radio program “Zeppelin” by Paolo Mazzucato (in Italian)
Link to the podcast
Outreach talk for the astronomical club Astronomiamo (in Italian)
“The Hunt for the First Black Holes in the Universe”
Interview for the Italian Newspaper “Il Messaggero”
Harvard, l’astrofisico italiano Pacucci:
«Presto vedrete anche il video di un buco nero»
The “Photo of the Century”: imaging the event horizon of a black hole.
- Article on “la Repubblica” online
- Extended article on “la Repubblica” printed version
- Podcast RadioRAI 1
- Podcast on Radio Roma Capitale
- Article on “RPP” media company
- Essay for the book “Libro dell’Anno 2019” by Treccani
Talk at the Westport Astronomical Society (CT)
“The Hunt for the First Black Holes in the Universe”
Interview for the Italian Newspaper “Il Messaggero”
Harvard, l’astrofisico italiano Pacucci:
«Presto vedrete anche il video di un buco nero»
Podcast radio program “Il Giardino di Albert” for the Swiss Radio-television (RSI)
“Beyond the Limits of the Horizon“
Talk for “Astronomy on Tap” – New Haven (September, 2018)
“The Hunt for the First Black Holes in the Universe”
Photo and (3D) video credit: Miłosz Pierwoła – AdventureMilo.com – Worldin360.com
Instagram live interview for the Rotary International.
Discover more about black holes, space, and being people of action here on Earth!
Interview for “The Rotarian” Magazine (July, 2018):
“Delving into deep space” (The Rotarian website)
Talk at the New Haven Rotary Club (April 17, 2018):
“The Hunt for the First Black Holes in the Universe“
Outreach talk for the school project “Space for Space”.
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy), May 5, 2016.
Guest for the radio broadcast “Aula 40”, on air October 18, 2017. The topic is:
“Impacts of Asteroids and Collisions of Neutron Stars”
Public talk (in English):
The Hunt for the First Black Holes in the Universe
(Yale’s Society of Physics Students, June 23, 2016)
“Fabio Pacucci, dalla Puglia a Yale con gli antenati dei buchi neri“,
interview for La Voce di New York, an italian newspaper based in the US.
The interview (in Italian) is part of the section “A Beautiful Mind”,
describing the work of Italians in the US.
“A Translator’s Guide to the Galaxy“.
An entertaining article about interstellar communications (in Italian).
Guest for the radio broadcast “Aula 40”, on air January 26, 2017. The topic is:
“Teaching of Science in the High Schools”
I am an active member of the VIS (Virtual Immersions in Science)
outreach program at the SNS (Pisa, Italy).
Visit our website: http://vis.sns.it/
Guest for the radio broadcast “Aula 40”, on air June 30, 2016. The topic is:
“Outreach and Scientific Communication: a Mission for Science”
Presentation on black holes for the general public (in Italian):
I Buchi Neri nelle Galassie (Planetarium of Venice, July 28, 2016)
Acted as Scientific Editor for the book “Cielo Tricolore”, in celebration of the
150th anniversary of Italy. The book was sent to the President of the Italian Republic.
Cielo Tricolore (2011)
Author of a section of the book “Astronomia in rete: gli studenti fanno vedere le stelle”,
published by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. In Italian.
The section described a simplified way of measuring the distance of close-by
astronomical objects, to be implemented in school classes.
Astronomia in rete: gli studenti fanno vedere le stelle (2005)
