Space Week is an out of this world chance for families to experience the night sky

Space Week is coming up and offers the perfect opportunity to stoke a child’s interest, writes Mark Evans 

Irish space experts are calling on all parents and guardians to use Space Week, October 3-8, as the perfect opportunity to escape to the great outdoors with the kids and experience the night sky.

Planetary science expert Leo Enright says you don’t have to be able to recognise the constellations wheeling overhead to enjoy the heavens. All you need is a dark spot to watch it unfold.