After the ambitious plan for the Einstein Telescope, on whichECL – Leonardo Consorzio for Engineering and Architecture is actively collaborating, the mine of Sos Enattos could be the right place to host another major project called Earth Telescope, which aims to study the Earth’s core.The site is located in northeastern Sardinia, in the area of the disused mine between the municipalities of Bitti, Lula and Onanì. This specific place is considered by experts to be the “best site in Europe and one of the best in the world because of the low seismic and environmental noise and the nature of the rock.”The challenges involved in building the Einstein Telescope range from precision mechanics, metallurgy, continuing with seismic sensing, optics, quantum technologies and “managing massive amounts of data with artificial intelligence.” The project requires the construction of a large underground infrastructure for the gravitational interferometer and surface management facilities, with the aim of creating the largest gravitational wave detector in the world.A project with immense possibilities that could now find a new solid ally in Sardinia as an ideal site for its construction. Thanks to the new project, in fact, the Italian bid to host the Einstein Telescope would certainly become stronger, in the race that sees our country competing with the Netherlands. Italy is currently competing with the site present in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine region. Although, our country has already secured the contract to implement the technical and economic study, which includes precisely the Leonardo Consorzio. The idea of a new synergy between public research organizations involved in the Einstein Telescope, with the Universities of Cagliari and Sassari, was presented yesterday in Rome at a conference organized by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. It was attended by representatives of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics and the National Institute of Astrophysics. “The government is putting a lot of diplomatic effort into bringing the Einstein Telescope to Sardinia,” said Roberto Cimino of the Ministry of University and Research, recalling the economic commitment that is supporting the project. If proceeded in this direction, the Sos Enattos mine would become a place of dialogue for research also open to the territory, with initiatives of popularization, as well as a pioneering pole in search of the mysteries still unknown to human beings. All that remains is to hold our breath and support the new Italian horizons.  Sources:https://www.unionesarda.it/news-sardegna/nuoro-provincia/non-solo-einstein-arriva-learth-telescope-a-lula-studieremo-il-cuore-della-terra-sle5qx22https://www.ansa.it/canale_scienza/notizie/terra_poli/2024/06/03/non-solo-einsten-telescope-nasce-il-progetto-earth-telescope-_e265c382-c0b6-40e1-aa3b-0ab1e8702d08.html

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