Tagged: Space
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ESA’s Albert Einstein spacecraft connects with space station News
17.06.2013 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Albert Einstein spacecraft has successfully connected with the International Space Station (ISS) to supply provisions for the astronauts aboard... -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield announces retirement from Canadian Space Agency News
11.06.2013 Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut who delighted his thousands of social media followers with photos and videos from space, is calling it a day - he is retiring from the... -
Astronomers discover ‘comet factory’ that could explain how planets form News
07.06.2013 Astronomers using the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have imaged a dust trap around a young star that’s 400 light-years away from Earth. They... -
NASA astronomers create ultraviolet maps of our two closest galaxies (video) News
04.06.2013 Using NASA's Swift satellite, astronomers at NASA and Pennsylvania State University have used to create detailed ultraviolet light surveys of the Large and Small Magellanic... -
Space exhibition kicks off in Dublin today News
04.06.2013 For the next five days Trinity College Dublin (TCD) will be home to the European Space Expo, a giant dome in which people can learn all about the European space programme and... -
Huge asteroid and its moon to safely whiz by Earth today (video) News
31.05.2013 An asteroid the size of the one that wiped out the dinosaurs is to safely pass by Earth later today and the 2.7-kilometre (1.7 miles) long behemoth is dragging its own moon with... -
International Space Station astronauts welcome new crew members News
29.05.2013 Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have welcomed three new crew members this morning, who arrived at the orbiting space lab hours after having blasted off... -
Back on Earth, astronaut Chris Hadfield still shares photos from space News
29.05.2013 Green patchwork joins together a Chinese mining town and strips of land make up the Bahamas in photos astronaut Chris Hadfield had taken aboard the International Space Station... -
NASA to cover launch of next International Space Station crew News
27.05.2013 Three astronauts are to hurtle toward the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan tomorrow aboard a Soyuz rocket to begin a mission aboard... -
NASA may take 3D-printed food to space News
24.05.2013 Three-dimensional (3D) printed food would end worldwide hunger, cut waste, feed soldiers in battle, and provide astronauts in orbit with a more varied diet. The concept has... -
UK astronaut Tim Peake to head to space station in 2015 News
20.05.2013 Tim Peake, a former helicopter pilot, is to become the first British astronaut to carry out a stint on the International Space Station, as the European Space Agency (ESA) has... -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield sore but in good spirits as he readjusts to gravity News
16.05.2013 Astronaut Chris Hadfield says he feels like an “old man” and has been bumping into corners after being weightless for five months aboard the International Space Station. The... -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield and crew members safely return to Earth News
14.05.2013 Astronaut Chris Hadfield and two of his crew members, flight engineers Tom Marshburn and Roman Romanenko, are back on terra firma today, after having returned safely to Earth... -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s Space Oddity is first music video filmed in space (videos) News
13.05.2013 Former International Space Station (ISS) commander Chris Hadfield, who will make his return journey to Earth today, has recorded a fitting tribute to his time aboard the ISS,...Categories: Social Media, Digital Media -
Cmdr Chris Hadfield’s final photos of Earth from space News
11.05.2013 Cmdr Chris Hadfield is to return to Earth on Monday after inhabiting the International Space Station since December, where he has been sharing his photos of the planet on social... -
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NASA releases stunning photos of massive storm on Saturn News
30.04.2013 The spinning vortex of a hurricane-like storm with an eye 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth has been captured over Saturn by US space agency NASA’s Cassini... -
Herschel space observatory finishes imaging the cold cosmos News
29.04.2013 The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that Herschel, the largest infrared space telescope ever launched, has exhausted its supply of liquid helium coolant and is ending... -
Viral videos of the week: puppies, space photography and Coachella’s lying music fans News
28.04.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features some bare-faced lies from Coachella, more deceit from RTÉ News, Daft Punk as... -
The 6th Annual BCO Space Camp Events
08.07.2013 This year, the sessions are longer and students will get to remotely use a telescope in the Canaries (since the weather in Cork may not oblige!) Budding space enthusiasts will...