--- title: Roberto Trotta | TIME description: Trotta is professor of theoretical physics at the International School for Advanced Study in Trieste, Italy, where he is the head of Data Science, and visiting professor of Astrostatistics at Imperial College London. His new book, STARBORN, is out now canonical: https://time.com/author/roberto-trotta/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/roberto-trotta/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Roberto Trotta ## Roberto Trotta Trotta is professor of theoretical physics at the International School for Advanced Study in Trieste, Italy, where he is the head of Data Science, and visiting professor of Astrostatistics at Imperial College London. His new book, [_STARBORN_](https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/roberto-trotta/starborn/9781541674776/?lens=basic-books), is out now ## Roberto Trotta *  Dec 15, 2023 ### [What We Lose When We Can't Stargaze](https://time.com/6450092/stars-importance-essay/) 'What do we lose when our connection with our cosmic environment is broken,' asks Roberto Trotta. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/roberto-trotta/","name":"Roberto Trotta"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/roberto-trotta/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/roberto-trotta/"},"name":"Roberto Trotta","jobTitle":null,"description":"Trotta is professor of theoretical physics at the International School for Advanced Study in Trieste, Italy, where he is the head of Data Science, and visiting professor of Astrostatistics at Imperial College London. His new book, STARBORN, is out now","url":"https://time.com/author/roberto-trotta/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```