The chairperson of Astronomy Ireland has warned the public not to attempt to view today’s transit of Mercury across the sun with telescopes or binoculars.

On August 24, Astronomy Ireland will set up powerful telescopes for people to view some of the wonders of the universe in an event unique to Ireland.

A display of celestial fireworks is set to peak late tonight as the Earth flies through a cloud of cometary dust.

A partial lunar eclipse may be visible from Ireland this evening.

On Tuesday night almost two thirds of the Moon will be hidden in the Earth's shadow.

The world's first Black Hole Watch is taking place in Dublin tonight.

His backroom team will be made up of club captain Alan Bennett and Head of Academy Colin Healy.

Known as the aurora borealis, the phenomenon is usually best viewed in the north of Norway.

Police are working to establish who was behind a series of anti-Islamic leaflets posted through letterboxes in parts of Belfast.

Latest: Garda Keith Harrison has told the Charleton tribunal that the garda Pulse database was "was similar to a social media site" a decade ago.

"Look in the north after sunset. You should at least see an arc of light low in the north, and if the display picks up as expected this could move much higher in the sky".

A spectacular celestial sight will be visible for a few hours tonight before reappearing during the week.

A spectacular celestial sight will be visible for a few hours tonight before reappearing during the week.

Astronomy Ireland is appealing to the people of Cork to help them identify the landing zone of last week’s meteorite.

At midnight on Thursday, while most of Cork was tucked up in bed, bright flashes of light were turning the sky overhead blue.

The idea of attaching magnetic inserts onto a sprayer has taken an Irish company to California as one of the 12 finalists in the 2016 Thrive Accelerator Programme.

Astronomy Ireland is ready to be inundated with phone calls and emails tonight from people concerned about the "new star" that has appeared beside the Moon.

The world is getting ready to see a Total Eclipse of the Moon tonight.

The best shooting star show in years will be setting Irish skies ablaze after dark for the next few nights, astronomers have said.

Ready for a show?

A woman left paralysed after undergoing surgery on her spine at a Dublin hospital six years ago yesterday received an apology in the High Court.

U2 singer Bono has been caught up in controversy surrounding a film being shot in Chicago against the backdrop of the city’s unrelenting gun violence.

A provisional liquidator has been appointed by the High Court to the operators of a private third level college.

Update 15/4: Astronomy Ireland now estimates the two bright 'stars' will be visible on both Wednesday and Thursday night, as the docking procedure is not due until Friday midday.

Just astounding!

Last night amateur photographer Graham Harkness was taking photographs of the beautiful night sky over Dalkey, Dublin - when he managed to capture the shot professional astronomers can only dream of.

O’Byrne Cup

The best meteor shower of the year will be visible this weekend with up to 20 times more shooting stars than normal on display.

I was intrigued to read MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s account of his recent experience of the emergency department when taking his seven week old child. Mr Flanagan likened it to a “ war zone hospital”.

A police officer was injured after trouble flared close to a Belfast interface for a second night.

Police were pelted with bricks, bottles and pieces of masonry during disturbances close to a sectarian interface in Belfast last night.

The spectacular sight of the International Space Station blazing across Irish skies will be visible from tonight until October 27.

A huge solar flare eruption could lead to the dazzling display of the aurora borealis - the northern lights - over Ireland this weekend.

More than 530 children are stuck on waiting lists for orthopaedic surgery, some of whom need urgent treatment for spinal curvature, a scenario described as "unacceptably dangerous" by a leading paediatric surgeon.

A so-called "supermoon" will be visible in skies over Ireland for the next two nights.

Management at primary schools on the northside of Cork City are to meet and thrash out a way of ensuring their survival in the face of falling enrolments.

SOUTH AFRICA:

Take a moment tonight to walk outside, look up, and say "ooh" as a spectacular cosmic display is set to dazzle stargazers.