Tagged: Astronomy & News
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Astronomers discover ‘rogue’ planet drifting through space News
14.11.2012 Astronomers are claiming to have found a free-floating planet some 100 light years away that’s wandering alone through space without a parent star. Such planets are dubbed rogue...Categories: Science -
Science Week kicks off, with events across Ireland to celebrate experimenting News
12.11.2012 Yesterday saw the start of Science Week 2012 when more than 5,000 people converged at the Institute of Technology Sligo for its annual science fair. This week, more than 600... -
Soyuz crew blasts off for International Space Station News
23.10.2012 A Russian-US trio is heading for the International Space Station (ISS) today aboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft, which blasted off at 10.51am (GMT)/6.51am (EMT) from Russia's... -
Astronomers discover earth-sized exoplanet just 4.3 light-years away News
17.10.2012 Astronomers in Europe are claiming to have found the nearest planet outside of our solar system at just 4.3 light-years away. The exoplanet, which has a similar mass to Earth,... -
IOP awards in London recognise Galway and Belfast physicists News
08.10.2012 Prof Colin O’Dowd from NUI Galway and Prof Colin Latimer from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) have both been presented with prizes at the Institute of Physics (IOP) annual... -
How planet earth sounds from space – NASA recording News
02.10.2012 We know what planet Earth looks like from space, but can you hear it from space even though sound cannot travel through a vacuum? NASA has just released a rather eerie,... -
Hubble space telescope captures deepest-ever view of the universe News
26.09.2012 Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble space telescope are claiming to have captured the farthest-ever view of a small area of night sky in a new photo that reveals about 5,500...Categories: Science -
Sea2Sky event in Galway to celebrate European Researchers’ Night on 28 September News
10.09.2012 A science event called Sea2Sky, covering the themes of marine science, atmospherics and astronomy, will be taking place in Salthill in Galway on 28 September to celebrate... -
Blue moon to grace our skies tonight; next one won’t happen until 2015! News
31.08.2012 It seems to be a fitting celestial tribute to the late astronaut Neil Armstrong, whose memorial service takes place today in Ohio, as there’s going to be a rare phenomenon in... -
Irish astronomer discovers supernova 120 million light years away News
29.08.2012 From his back garden in Raheny, Co Dublin, an amateur astronomer called Dave Grennan has stumbled upon his second supernova discovery from Ireland in less than two years. -
Curiosity rover gives us the first 360-degree colour panorama of Gale Crater on Mars News
10.08.2012 NASA’s Curiosity rover is getting into its stride on Mars, as the rover’s imager has sent back its first colour panorama of Gale Crater where it is basing itself for the next... -
NASA’s US$7m Morpheus lander crashes and burns at Cape Canaveral News
10.08.2012 Morpheus, a NASA-designed spacecraft that has been created to test greener, leaner forms of space travel in the future to the moon and elsewhere, and which featured autonomous... -
Is this the largest 3D map of the universe yet? News
09.08.2012 Scientists are claiming to have come up with the largest-ever 3D map of the universe, capturing the locations and distances of more than a million galaxies. -
Perseid meteor shower set to impress stargazers this weekend News
07.08.2012 Prepare to be dazzled by meteors streaking across the sky on the nights of 11-12 August, as the annual Perseid meteor shower is set to peak this weekend as a result of trailing... -
Curiosity rover snaps first colour image of the Martian landscape News
07.08.2012 So what has NASA’s rover Curiosity been doing on Mars since it touched down yesterday? Well, firstly, it has been taking a few snapshots of the landscape on the Red Planet,... -
NASA to host social media events in lead-up to Curiosity rover landing on Mars News
02.08.2012 Want to learn more about the much-anticipated landing of the Mars Science Laboratory's (MSL) Curiosity rover, which is set to alight on Mars on 5/6 August? NASA has sent the...Categories: Social Media, Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Internet, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Consumer Tech -
Hubble telescope captures birth of new stars in nearby galaxy News
30.07.2012 The Hubble space telescope has captured the energetic birth of new stars from NGC 4700, a galaxy poised about 50m light years from Earth and which astronomer William Herschel... -
Solar wind heading for Earth could spark auroras over weekend News
27.07.2012 A stream of solar wind is apparently heading towards Earth, and is set to arrive between 28-30 July, according to NASA. Apparently the solar wind could spark off solar storms... -
First US woman in space Sally Ride has died, aged 61 News
24.07.2012 The physicist and NASA astronaut Sally Ride, who became the first US woman to enter space, has passed away. Ride died in California yesterday, aged 61, after a battle with... -
Astronomers discover rare spiral galaxy 10.5bn light-years from Earth News
19.07.2012 Astronomers in the US are claiming to have discovered a spiral galaxy that appears to have formed a billion years before other spirals. The galaxy is apparently 10.5bn...