On 11 February 2016, the LIGO and Virgo scientific collaborations announced the discovery of gravitational waves, ushering in a new era of astronomy. Ten years after that historic event, the international scientific community is looking to the future, working both on ongoing experiments and on the design of next-generation detectors, including the Einstein Telescope, which is the subject of a documentary for planetariums.
After stopping at the INAF – Cagliari Astronomical Observatory for its Sardinian preview, yesterday, 11 February 2026, the Planetarium of Rome hosted the national premiere of “Einstein Telescope: Listening to the Universe Beyond the Stars”. The documentary is dedicated to the future European gravitational wave observatory, which Italy is a candidate to host in the area of the Sos Enattos mine, in the Nuoro province of Sardinia.
Following the institutional greetings, opened by Gianluigi Consoli (Director General for Internationalization and Communication, Ministry of University and Research), Lamberto Maria Moruzzi (Deputy Director General, MAECI – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation), Antonio Zoccoli (President of INFN), Roberto Ragazzoni (President of INAF), Fabio Florindo (President of INGV), and Massimo Carpinelli (Director of EGO), the documentary screening took place.
Next to speak were Fulvio Ricci, Emeritus Professor of Experimental Gravitational Physics at Sapienza University of Rome and for many years spokesperson for the Virgo experiment, Monique Bossi, Infrastructure Manager of the ETIC project, and Marco Pallavicini, member of the INFN Executive Board.
Einstein Telescope: Listening to the Universe Beyond the Stars is a planetarium documentary produced by Sardegna Ricerche, in collaboration with INFN, EGO, and INAF, and created by VIS – Virtual Immersion in Science and Telesardegna.