Solarfest 2012 celebrates astronomy and the Sun June 23 2012 Solarfest 2012 is a one-day event about solar astronomy. It is being organised by the Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies with support from Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies,… Read More

International Speakers Evening June 27 2011 Searching for Earth-sized planets with NASA’s Kepler space telescope Dr Fergal Mullally, NASA Ames Research Centre Abstract: Finding planets like our own elsewhere in the Galaxy is the first step to answering… Read More

First Joint DIAS-OKC Workshop, December 12-14 2011 The workshop “Multi-GeV Astrophysics with Ground-Based Detectors” will take place in Dublin (Ireland) on Dec 12-14, 2011. This will be the first workshop of small or mid-size scientific meetings dedicated to… Read More

The NASA Astronaut, Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Kimbrough visited Dunsink Observatory on Thursday 6th October. Colonel Kimbrough gave a talk on his recent mission on the STS-126 Endeavour and this was followed by a Q&A session on his… Read More