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Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn to align in cosmic treat for skygazers

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will line up in the sky this week and could stay visible to the naked eye for a number of weeks. Skygazers will be treated to the sight from Wednesday all the way through to early May, and the four planets will be ...

19 Apr 2022 at 18:55

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Bigger and brighter supermoon to delight stargazers across Ireland

Stargazers across Ireland and the UK are set to catch a glimpse of a bigger and brighter supermoon on Wednesday night. July’s full moon is known as the Buck Moon because male deer shed and regrow their antlers around this time of year. The name ...

13 Jul 2022 at 19:33

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Bigger and brighter supermoon to delight stargazers across Ireland

13 Jul 2022 at 19:33

Guidelines for naming planet’s surface features ‘biased towards men’

The guidelines for naming a planet’s surface features are not inclusive enough and are biased towards men, an academic has said, as research shows fewer than 2% of Mars’s craters are named after women. An analysis of the International ...

20 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Astronomers discover potentially habitable planet

An Earth-like planet with the potential to support human life has been discovered just 40 light-years away. Named Gliese 12 b, the planet orbits its host star every 12.8 days, and is comparable in size to Venus – so slightly smaller ...

23 May 2024 at 15:00

Scientists map violent nebula to discover how stars were formed 10bn years ago

Astronomers have mapped violent star formation outside our galaxy. The researchers unveiled intricate details of the star-forming region 30 Doradus, also known as the Tarantula Nebula, using new observations from the Atacama Large ...

15 Jun 2022 at 19:37

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Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn to align in cosmic treat for skygazers

22 Apr 2022 at 21:33

Stunning partial solar eclipse to be visible across Mayo on Monday next

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Stunning partial solar eclipse to be visible across Ireland on Monday

The island of Ireland will be able to see a partial solar eclipse on Monday, according to astronomy experts. BBC Sky at Night Magazine has reported that on April 8, 'the penumbral shadow crosses western parts of the UK and ...

03 Apr 2024 at 12:33

Supermoon should be ‘easy to spot’ if there are no clouds on Wednesday

A “supermoon” is expected to appear bigger and brighter to stargazers in the UK on Wednesday night. July’s full moon is known as the Buck Moon because male deer shed and regrow their antlers around this time of year. The ...

11 Jul 2022 at 19:14

Two-million-miles-per-hour galaxy collision seen in detail

A massive collision of galaxies sparked by one travelling at two million miles per hour (mph) has been seen in unprecedented detail by one of Earth’s most powerful telescopes. The impact sparked an immensely powerful ...

22 Nov 2024 at 07:42

Astronomers solve the mystery of how quasars are ignited

Quasars – the brightest and most powerful objects in the Universe – are ignited when galaxies collide, astronomers have said. These celestial objects can be a trillion times brighter than the Sun, according to Nasa. ...

26 Apr 2023 at 01:00

Perseid meteor shower to light up the night sky

The Perseid meteor shower is set to light up the night skies in one of the most dramatic displays of the year. The shower is one of the highlights of the year for many sky gazers due to its high hourly rate and ...

02 Aug 2023 at 12:12

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