The 2011 Statutory Public Lecture of the School of Cosmic Physics will take place in Room B004, University College Dublin, on Tuesday July 5th at 6:30pm. The Lecture entitled “The Dark Side of the Universe” will be given… Read More

A free Public Outreach event (ticket only) will take place on the evening of Thursday 14th April 2011, at the Helix, DCU, to mark the 50th Anniversary of the first manned spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin. Mikhail Kornienko, a… Read More

26-27 October 2010 – LOFAR Magnetism Key Science Project Workshop at DIAS 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 4. For workshop programme please click here.  

8-10 September 2010 – The 14th Workshop on Radiation Monitoring for Interntional Space Station in Dublin Castle hosted and organised by DIAS.  For workshop programme please click here

Events   Open Nights Dunsink Astronomy & Astrophysics Seminars Specialist Workshop “Contested Astrophysics”          

On Friday March 27th in Dunsink Observatory,  Brother Guy Consomagno (Vatican Astronomer) will give a talk entitled “Pluto and Planets X: Is Pluto a Planet? And Why Does It Matter?” Some 15 years ago, the first “trans-Neptunian Object”… Read More

Wednesday 15th October 2008, in the Schrödinger Theatre, Trinity College Dublin, Professor Markus Hengstschläger will  present the Schrödinger lecture entitled “Human amniotic fluid as a new source for stem cell research”

Astrophysics Past News The ‘comet factory’ that could explain how planets formed – DIAS astronomer in team using the world’s biggest Telescope, June 2013 2013 O’Ceallaigh Medal DIAS Professor elected Vice-President of the new IAU Division in High… Read More

          2nd October 2015 – DIAS helps UCD and NUIG win major H2020    project The European Commission is investing some 140M in a range of High Performance Computing projects across Europe. DIAS has been instrumental over the last… Read More