Space
# space - Thursday 3 January, 2013
NASA considering plan to drag an asteroid into lunar orbit
Researchers have confirmed to NewScientist that NASA is considering plans to put another natural satellite in orbit around our own.
# space - Thursday 27 December, 2012
Don’t miss: Tomorrow’s the last full moon of 2012
It’s called an oak moon, don’t you know.
# space - Tuesday 25 December, 2012
2012: The year in space exploration
Landing on Mars, meteor showers and fixing the space station with a toothbrush – it’s been quite a year.
# space - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
Nearby star is good candidate for Earth-like planets: study
Located 12 light years away, Tau Ceti has five planets that orbit it in a balmy zone which gives the best chance for nurturing life, astronomers say.
# space - Monday 17 December, 2012
ISS to blaze across sky this evening
Spot the space station pass over at 5.17 and 6.53pm.
# space - Saturday 15 December, 2012
Column: Why it’s important to look at the stars – literally
It’s good to be curious about a world outside our own, because being inquisitive in the past has gotten us where we are today, writes Conor Farrell.
# space - Thursday 13 December, 2012
Irish company wins €500k deal to make sunscreen for satellites
Enbio signed the contract with the European Space Agency.
# space - Thursday 6 December, 2012
PHOTOS: Dramatic NASA pics show Earth lit up at night
The images were taken by an orbiting satellite and show bright lights across the world at night.
# space - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Life on Mars? Maybe not. NASA rows back on findings
NASA has downplayed talk of a ‘major discovery’ by its Curiosity rover after remarks by the mission chief raised hopes it may have unearthed evidence life once existed on the planet.
# space - Friday 30 November, 2012
NASA: Closest planet to sun, Mercury, harbours ice
Scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole at the planet’s north pole – despite its proximity to the sun.
# space - Saturday 24 November, 2012
‘We aren’t superheroes’: An astronaut tells all
Paolo Nespoli has been to space twice – and thinks that it won’t be long before space tourism is a reality.
# space - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
Astronomers get rare glimpse of icy, dwarf planet
‘Makemake’ is one of five dwarf planets known to exist on the edge of our Solar System – but very little has been known about it until this point.
# space - Friday 16 November, 2012
Space man: Astronaut Paolo Nespoli to give talk in Dublin
Nespoli is in Ireland and will give a talk from 12pm – 1pm tomorrow at the Little Museum of Dublin. What would you like to ask him?
# space - Saturday 3 November, 2012
Watch the skies: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… the Space Station
NASA has launched a new service that emails people when the International Space Station is visible in the skies over where they live.
# space - Thursday 1 November, 2012
Spacewalk to find ammonia leak as astronauts dodge space junk
Space station dodged a menacing piece of orbiting junk yesterday.
# space - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
US-Russian crew blasts off for space station
NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russians Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin face what may be the heaviest workload in the 12-year history of the space station.
# space - Saturday 20 October, 2012
The top 5 planets that are ‘prime candidates’ for harbouring life
They all have VERY fancy names.
# space - Wednesday 17 October, 2012
Earth-sized planet found just outside solar system
Astronomers have found the closest planet in location and size to the Earth circling a star in the system Alpha Centauri.
# space - Thursday 11 October, 2012
Astronomers find diamond planet twice the size of Earth
The planet is made up mainly of graphite and diamond and was spotted zooming around a nearby star.
# space - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
Singer Sarah Brightman books flight to space
Well, she did lose her heart to a starship trooper after all.
# space - Monday 8 October, 2012
SpaceX rocket on a mission to the ISS – with ice cream included
The commercial cargo ship is bringing 1,000 science experiments and gear to the inhabitants of the ISS – as well as a freezer of chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream.
# space - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
# space - Monday 24 September, 2012
VIDEO: Toddler sends his toy train into space… and back
All thanks to his dad.
# space - Sunday 23 September, 2012
Video: What futuristic films promised would happen by now
Computer tablets, Big Brother and exploding supernovas – some of these have come true…
# space - Saturday 22 September, 2012
Did you see the meteor shower over Ireland last night?
Fireballs were spotted in the night sky around Ireland last night…
# space - Friday 7 September, 2012
International Space Station saved by toothbrush
The crew managed to fix a serious power problem with the makeshift tool on Wednesday after a six and a half hour space walk.
# space - Monday 3 September, 2012
Why NASA put large holes in Curiosity’s wheels
It’s to help scientists keep track of where it moves on Mars, see?
# space - Sunday 2 September, 2012
Life in space – through the astronauts’ eyes
What was life like on an early NASA space mission? We look at archive photos taken by the crew themselves to find out.
# space - Thursday 30 August, 2012
Blue moon to be visible tomorrow night
This month the universe has decided to throw in a second full moon for the price of one.
# space - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Tuesday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# space - Sunday 26 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Sunday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
VIDEO: Neil Armstrong recounts his 1969 visit to the moon
The late astronaut spoke to the BBC about his lunar experiences in the months following his return from the Apollo 11 mission.
# space - Saturday 25 August, 2012
Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, dies aged 82
The former NASA research pilot and engineer served as spacecraft commander on the landmark Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
# space - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
NASA reports damage to Curiosity wind instrument
The rover is being put through its paces ahead of its first drive on Mars today.
# space - Sunday 19 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Sunday
Things we learned, loved and shared today…
# space - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Curiosity rover prepares to zap Mars rocks and hit the road
Researchers will be carrying out tests in the coming days to prepare the rover for its first journey across the surface of Mars.
# space - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
New satellite photo shows Mars rover exploring the Red Planet
See the first colour photograph of the pale blue bot.
Column: Yes, the Mars rover cost $2bn – but it’s far from a waste of money.
Technology developed by NASA’s top scientists will prove pretty handy for the rest of us too, writes Colm Quinn.
# space - Monday 13 August, 2012
What do astronauts do in their time off?
Play with yo-yos, of course.
# space - Thursday 9 August, 2012
Meteors to rain down on Earth over coming week
Eyes to the sky, Astronomy Ireland are expecting a celestial firework show this weekend.
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