Natural Sciences - Astronomy & Space
University of Limerick Alumni Spotlight: Orla Punch
Space Week runs from the 4th to the 10th of October. This year, the chosen theme is " Living in Space ," exploring humanity's journey toward making space a habitat, focusing on innovative technologies, challenges, and efforts that make this vision a reality.
Trinity team poses deep-space questions of mysterious dark energy
Posted on: 21 October 2025 Astrophysicists are leading a project (TiDES) that will improve our understanding of the mysterious "dark energy" that comprises roughly two-thirds of the Universe and is responsible for its accelerating expansion.
Astronomers detect explosive, toxic gas in ancient brown dwarf
Astronomers have detected the explosive, highly toxic gas phosphine (PH3), in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf (Wolf 1130C) located 54 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cygnus.
Meet ’Damhán Alla’ - the newly christened spider-like feature on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Posted on: 02 December 2025 Irish planetary scientists have christened a spider-like feature on Jupiter's icy moon Europa as "Damhán Alla", which translates to "spider" or "wall demon".
Northern Lights feature in today’s weather report... from a rogue planet
Posted on: 26 September 2025 Strong Northern Lights-like activity is the standout feature of today's weather report, which is coming at you from a strange, extrasolar world, instead of a standard TV studio.
