Fake news appears to be all the rage these days.

We are all familiar with the names of the eight planets that orbit our sun (and poor old Pluto, which remains somewhat controversially re-classified as a dwarf planet).

Mr Magee was commissioned by Cork City Council to paint the piece on the double gable wall facing Bishop Lucey Park.

Low Earth orbit satellites have the potential to provide broadband at gigabit speed globally, and they could also play a role in Ireland’s National Broadband Plan.

IT has always been something of a mystery to me as to when “summer” starts, but the most commonly accepted definition seems to be on 1st June, in which case summer covers the months of June-July-August.

An island off Cork has launched a bid to become one of the world’s few officially-recognised dark sky sites - areas dedicated to stargazing.

A total lunar eclipse takes place when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon and covers the moon with its shadow. When this happens, the moon can turn red, earning it the nickname of blood moon.

Blackrock Castle Observatory celebrates 10 years. 

By 7pm on December 25, we are all likely to have had our fill of turkey and ham, writes Niall Smith.

The problem with planets is that they move.

Up to 50 events, featuring rocket launches and talks by astronauts, including legendary moonwalker Buzz Aldrin will take place in Cork during a two-month celebration of space exploration.

History lovers will appreciate a new exhibition in Cork.

Crisp cold nights, a touch of frost on the ground and the lure of a cosy fire might conspire to keep us indoors in December, but it really is worth popping your head outside, even for a few minutes, to soak in the wonders of the night sky.

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

The month of October is somewhat special this year as Ireland welcomes its first National Space Week, running from October 3rd – 8th and coordinated by Blackrock Castle Observatory in Cork. 

"It’s all about that space, about that space, pure spacers"

Ireland has been chosen as the 2017 venue for the prestigious International Space University, which will be attended by 260 delegates representing the space industry’s finest brains.

A fiery spectacle in the harbour, a sweathouse by the sea, film screenings in an atmospheric amphitheatre, and traditional music in churches.

Five Cork bright sparks captured images of a galaxy over 2.7 million light years away while cruising 36,000 feet above the Atlantic.

Five Cork students aim to make astronomical history by snapping a picture of space using a telescope operated remotely from a flight to San Francisco.

Teenagers have gathered to use science, technology, and politics to help shape tomorrow’s world as part of the first European Union Student Parliament to be held in Ireland.

DERELICT buildings and ill-kempt facades are an unfortunate feature of the Cork City visual experience.

Blackrock Castle Observatory (BCO) in Cork is to allow people use its telescope to take pictures of objects in space.

WITH Blackrock Castle Observatory focused on all things astronomical, it’s apt that trials on a growing system in the attached cafe should involve ... rocket.

Students from all over Europe are in Cork this week to scour the heavens for doomsday asteroids as part of an EU youth astronomy event.

Sailing races, crab fishing, kayaking, and a free tour of the National Maritime College of Ireland are just some of the activities on offer as part of the Cork Harbour Open Weekend.

One Ireland’s leading experts on space exploration has said Neil Armstrong inspired an entire generation of scientists and engineers when he took his one small step in July 1969.

All eyes will be on the night sky this evening as two of the brightest planets in our solar system cross paths.

IF you haven’t yet stocked up yet for tonight’s fun, there are still plenty of options for festive fizz and I take a look at some of the best value ones below.

THE Cork Wine Fair hosted by O’Donovans off-licences last week provided some new discoveries and interesting new themes for the attentive wine fan.

A NASA astronaut switched on one of Europe’s largest radio telescopes last night to allow it to “listen” to deep space and for signs of intelligent life.

IRISH school-children will be able to control one of Europe’s biggest radio telescopes and “listen” to distant galaxies as part of an exciting project.

IT was destined for the scrapheap, but a rusted and outdated satellite dish will soon be transmitting sounds from the very edges of the known universe.

THOUSANDS of singers and dozens of choirs travelled to Leeside over the last week for the 57th Cork International Choral Festival.

CORK is poised to become the capital of all things rock.

CORK city must be much more aggressive promoting itself as a tourist destination, new figures show.

THE country’s tallest building has been named Cork’s best building.

THE lord mayor of Cork has the Terminator in his sights.

THE public has been urged to boldly go where no-one has gone before — on a walk through our solar system which been “shrunk” to fit along the Banks of the Lee.

A HISTORIC building — a symbol of one of the country’s top hurling schools, which produced an All-Ireland-winning taoiseach — is to be transformed into a cultural centre.

IRELAND’S adopted astronaut returned to Earth after 101 days in space yesterday to an emotional reunion with his wife and children.

WHAT do you do when it’s your birthday and you are miles from nowhere with neither home nor hostelry in sight? Throw a party, of course, with the help of friends, family — and NASA.

BIRTHDAY wishes will be beamed into space today to an astronaut mourning the death of his mother while he was on his mission.