Dara Ó Briain recently helped to launch the Dublin City of Science 2012 celebrations. Read some of his insights on science here
http://www.science.ie/science-news/dara-o-briain-science-games.html
Articles Tagged ‘Astronomy’
Spacecraft engineer gives talk about robot explorers
Talk will look at the technology used on the Cassini mission
http://www.science.ie/science-events/robot-explorers.html
Irish researchers launch mobile site for Sun-gazers
TCD researchers launch mobile site to monitor the Sun
http://www.science.ie/science-news/mobile-site-for-sun-gazers.html
First Fridays at the Castle: The Star of Bethlehem
CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory’s First Fridays at the Castle is an open night held on the first Friday of every month with activities for visitors of all ages. Friday 2 December’s event is in association with the Cork Astronomy Club.
http://www.science.ie/science-events/first-fridays-at-the-castle-the-star-of-bethlehem-an-astronomical-journey.html
Science Week 2011 events
A preview of some of the events taking place for Science Week 2011
http://www.science.ie/science-news/science-week-2011-events.html
Scienctist to discuss CERN experiment and theory of relativity
Talk will explore how the experiment affects the fundamental rules of physics
http://www.science.ie/science-events/cern-relativity-lecture-science-ie.html
Learn about the lives of stars
A lecture on stellar evolution from one of Ireland’s top physicists, Dr Gareth Murphy
http://www.science.ie/science-events/the-lives-of-stars-lecture.html
Public talks on Mars mission
Media rich events about “Mars Science Laboratory – In Search of Origins”
http://www.science.ie/science-news/mars-science-laboratory.html
Public Lecture: The Sounds of the Cosmos
Science author and BBC Sky at Night regular Dr Lewis Dartnell will give a lecture in Dublin to show how the Sun, stars, and planets generate fascinating and haunting sounds that travel to Earth over radio waves. While sound does not travel in space, radio waves do, and by using ...
http://www.science.ie/science-events/public-lecture-the-sounds-of-the-cosmos-2.html
European astronomers to answer children’s questions
Space Scoop, which provides astronomy news for children, will release daily highlights from a major space science meeting next week. The 2011 meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress and Division for Planetary Science will be held in Nantes, France, from 2-8 October 2011. EU-Universe Awareness (EU-UNAWE) is asking primary ...
http://www.science.ie/science-events/european-astronomers-to-answer-childrens-questions.html