Sessions developed by engineer, scientist, writer and performer Dr Niamh Shaw inspire parents to start new conversations around the kitchen table
Dr Lisa McNamee looks to space for the benefit of terrestrial medicine
Planet Business: Fake-wine gang arrests, the Greggs champagne bar pop-up and luxury stocks exposed to China’s economic slowdown
With quarterly figures dues on Wednesday, chief executive Kelly Ortberg is unlikely to have a comprehensive strategy by then to calm investor nerves
Display predicted to be so strong that if it were perfectly clear over the island, people as far south as Kerry would see it
Hera will seek to gather new data and insights about how to deflect asteroids which may be bound for Earth
Chemical make-up of samples indicates volcanic lunar activity up to 120m years ago
Tralee is ‘a place where love is in the air’ as the Kerry festival returns once again
Seismic data suggests huge reservoir exists within fractured igneous rocks more than 10km below surface of ‘Red Planet’
Rosemary Coogan from Antrim is bringing Ireland one step closer to having its first ESA astronaut
The Golden Record on Voyager 1 brings a curiously optimistic collection of sounds and images for potential discovery by non-Earthlings
Anders was one of first three humans to orbit moon in 1968
Rocket designed by Elon Musk’s company reached altitude of more than 210km at a speed of 25,700km/h
Astronomers have spotted dozens of rogue planets floating free from their stars
Issue involved an oxygen relief valve on the upper stage of the company’s Atlas rocket, engineer says
First human-made object to go out of solar system has been in operation for almost 50 years and crossed into interstellar space in 2012
Sharp increase in temperatures over past year has surprised many scientists
Eclipse mania grips North America as partial solar event visible in Ireland on Monday evening
Americans are gearing up for a rare astronomical display that Nasa says will cause the daytime sky to darken ‘as if it were dusk or dawn’
Spacecraft flew around globe for first time but contact was lost during final stages of test as it re-entered atmosphere
Spacecraft is believed to have caught one of its landing feet on the uneven lunar surface and tipped over
Touchdown by Intuitive Machines’ unmanned lunar lander marks first return by country to moon in 50 years
Moon lander could be first private private mission to land intact on lunar surface
Oleg Kononenko is expected to reach a total of 1,000 days in space on June 5th
Findings support theory that parts of Mars once had water and may have harboured microbial life
Peregrine craft suffered a propulsion fault that dashed any chance of lunar touch-down and was directed to burn up over Pacific
Planet Business: Nasa experiments, seasonal indigestion, Masimo’s Joe Kiani and CEOs who left their jobs in 2023
Flare caused two hours of radio interference in some sunlit parts of the world
Radiation and psychological challenges remain formidable obstacles to mankind exploring our solar system or beyond
Borman and two other crew members flew some 750,000km and orbited the moon 10 times during trip to space, paving way for Apollo 11
Irish astronomer makes key observation leading to detection of gamma-ray burst
‘Unresolved conflict’ must be addressed to bring in more early-stage investment to the Irish industry, IIEA event hears
Contact with ISS ‘continues to be one of the best practical demonstrations of science and technology in action’
The critical lesson of the Limits to Growth reports – that there is no such thing as infinite growth on a tiny, fragile, finite planet – has escaped our consciousness
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
