Natural Sciences - Astronomy & Space

Silicate clouds discovered in atmosphere of distant exoplanet

Astronomy & Space - Physics

Astrophysicists have gained precious new insights into how distant "exoplanets" form and what their atmospheres can look like, after using the James Webb Telescope to image two young exoplanets in extraordinary detail.

¤5 million awarded to UCD researchers working on potential scientific breakthroughs

Dr Barry Wardell and Professor Kylie Jarrett UCD researchers Professor Kylie Jarrett and Dr Barry Wardell will receive a total of ¤5 million in funding for their groundbreaking research projects.

The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

Chris Morash, School of English, joins a panel of researchers to review the novels shortlisted for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize. Briefly Very Beautiful by Roz Dineen. Roz Dineen's Briefly Very Beautiful immerses readers in a world that both is and is not a familiar fiction.

TU Dublin Launches SPACEFest 2025

Technological University Dublin ( TU Dublin ), Ireland-s largest university for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, today launched SPACEFest 2025 , a four-day public festival that will transform the University-s Grangegorman campus into a hands-on learning centre to discover space from the 4 to the 7th June this year.

Kate Robson Brown to advise the British Natural History Museum on AI as newest trustee

Life Sciences - Astronomy & Space

Professor Kate Robson Brown has joined the Board of Trustees at the British Natural History Museum to help advise the 144-year-old institution on its use of digital technologies and AI.