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Astronomy & Space - 02.12.2025
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".

Astronomy & Space - Physics - 21.10.2025
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.

Astronomy & Space - Campus - 06.10.2025
University of Limerick Alumni Spotlight: Orla Punch
University of Limerick Alumni Spotlight: Orla Punch

Astronomy & Space - Environment - 26.09.2025
Northern Lights feature in today's weather report... from a rogue planet
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.

Astronomy & Space - 11.07.2025
Dr Niels Warburton elected as head of LISA Consortium to support space mission

Astronomy & Space - Research Management - 17.06.2025
¤5 million awarded to UCD researchers working on potential scientific breakthroughs

Pedagogy - Astronomy & Space - 04.06.2025
TU Dublin Launches SPACEFest 2025

Environment - Astronomy & Space - 13.05.2025
The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

Life Sciences - Astronomy & Space - 30.04.2025
Kate Robson Brown to advise the British Natural History Museum on AI as newest trustee
Kate Robson Brown to advise the British Natural History Museum on AI as newest trustee

Astronomy & Space - Innovation - 09.03.2025
Mission Accomplished: EIRSAT-1 to deorbit after two year historic journey
Mission Accomplished: EIRSAT-1 to deorbit after two year historic journey

Health - Astronomy & Space - 01.03.2024
'History Made' - EIRSAT-1 wins 2024 UCD Research Impact Competition
’History Made’ - EIRSAT-1 wins 2024 UCD Research Impact Competition

History & Archeology - Astronomy & Space - 28.02.2024
Opinion: The leap year is February 29, not December 32 due to a Roman calendar quirk - and fastidious medieval monks
Opinion: The leap year is February 29, not December 32 due to a Roman calendar quirk - and fastidious medieval monks

Astronomy & Space - Physics - 26.01.2024
UCD Relativity Group plays key role in first ever gravitational-wave observatory in space
UCD Relativity Group plays key role in first ever gravitational-wave observatory in space
Researchers from the UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics are behind the European Space Agency's plan to unravel the mysteries of gravitational waves with the first ever orbital observatory designed to study the ripples in space and time caused by the motion of black holes.