The exploration of the cosmos is the last frontier for humans to discover. Science fiction books and movies have imagined many unknown worlds, inhabited by all kinds of strange creatures, aliens from space looking like giant insects, fish, dragons, and more recently blue avatars, not to mention the Martians, the classic little green men. Science fiction allows us to fantasize on journeys to distant, somewhat improbable worlds populated by sometimes scary, sometimes friendly aliens, depending on the creative impulse of story-writers and film-makers, all of them enriched by views of futuristic landscapes and cities on planets lost in the immensity of the Universe. Star Trek, created by Gene Rodenberry, is a classic among science fiction TV series and movies, and even if it is now considered outdated, it still remains a classic of its kind, with the refrain:

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   Laura Pesce

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