A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez Space is phantasmagorical. Astronomers using the powerful ...

Three observatories across the island of Ireland that have played key roles in astronomical and scientific discoveries have taken the first steps towards receiving international recognition as world ...

open image in gallery An artist’s impression of Elon Musk’s Starlink in low Earth orbit circling above the LOFAR telescope (International Astronomical Union) Amazon has said it plans to launch ...

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there, waiting ...

Brown says he couldn't have asked for a better telescope to hunt his celestial quarry. "If you were to hand me a big wad of cash and say, 'Go build a telescope to go either find this Planet 9 or ...

Travel easily with the best small telescopes for observing when going on location or sharing with friends and family: Spot the moon, stars, galaxies and more Whether you're a beginner stargazer or ...

He ordered a round of a beer, a Coke, two rums and six Baby Guinness shots - Kahlua and Baileys Irish cream. However he could not believe his eyes when the tab for the collection of drinks came to ...

What did Gaia achieve? And perhaps most importantly, why was it my favourite space telescope? Gaia was retired for a simple reason: after more than 11 years in space, it ran out of the cold gas ...

HALF HOUR. ALSO HAPPENING TODAY, THE GRETNA IRISH ITALIAN PARADE WILL ROLL AT NOON. IT’S GROWN QUICKLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, NOW FEATURING 55 FLOATS AND 1600 RIDERS. THE PARADE STARTS AT BURN ...

Not one of 134 Irish politicians who replied to a Sky News survey would support Conor McGregor's ambition to become the country's president. Comments ranged from "not a hope in hell" to "I could ...

As our documentary, Trump, Tariffs and Us, has discovered, he has garnered support for this new direction from many different elements within American society, not least Irish America. Whereas ...

Female founders leading the way as homegrown firms capitalise on major boost in the industry Noelle O’Connor of the Kind Brand Company Fast-growing Irish businesses, many with female founders ...