Cork is set to boldly go where few cities have gone before to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

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’ll be beamed back to us much more efficiently than it can be transmitted via underground cables, writes Niall Smith.

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.

In a world where climate is changing fast, so too is space, writes Niall Smith

IN ANCIENT lore it was said that a shooting star was a “sign of a soul going to heaven”.

Timmy Murphy won the All-Ireland Junior C bowling title for Cork in the autumnal glory of Wompatuck State Park south-east of Boston on Sunday.

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

Calls have been made to establish a national space agency to develop space policy for Ireland and to co-ordinate the sector in line with strategic goals.

Two Cork flags are set to boldly go where no rebel county flags have gone before.

The Irish space industry took a giant leap forward yesterday as Cork welcomed delegates to the International Space Studies Program, where 320 international professionals, academics and astronauts will spend the next nine weeks in the city.

There will be lots of free events throughout the month

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. 

Offaly 0-17 London 1-7: Offaly may have beaten London but it was evident that they still hadn’t left the one-point defeat by Westmeath in the Leinster Champions behind them, with manager Pat Flanagan admitting that the players were suffering from a hangover as a result of events in Mullingar a fortnight ago.

Although the summer nights are gradually getting longer, they remain short in July and even away from city lights there is a faint glow in the night sky, writes Niall Smith.

DURING March the bright stars of winter give way to the inexorable lengthening of the day as the sun rises higher in the sky. On March 20, the day and night are of equal length, the so-called spring equinox (‘equal night’).

It was an out-of-the-blue phone call from an American that led to a space observatory being built in Cork City. Nine years on, and the project is being applauded worldwide for its work with children, writes John Tynan

Killian Kingston finished strongly to turn what looked certain defeat into a bowl of odds win over Aidan Murphy at Ballincurrig.

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.

Rule 5.14 of the playing rules of Gaelic football states that to use threatening or provocative language against an opponent is an immediate black card offence.

CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory in Cork is to make more of its space, having secured €35,000 in funding from Science Foundation Ireland.

Wicklow 3-12 Offaly 0-17

Longford 0-19 Offaly 0-15

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.

Four brothers who torched the home of a sex offender and his 21-year-old girlfriend seven years ago have been found guilty of manslaughter.

Champions Rhode survived a stern test from Gracefield in a thrilling Offaly senior football championship clash at O’Connor Park, Tullamore last night (2-16 to 3-12).

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.

Two brothers have appeared in court charged with a double murder and arson in the North six years ago.

Two brothers wanted in the North in connection with a double murder have been extradited from the South, police have said.

Two men wanted in Northern Ireland in connection with a double murder six years ago have consented to their extradition this morning before the High Court.

Two brothers are facing extradition to Northern Ireland over a double murder six years ago.

An Irish observatory is set to beam samples of the nation’s Gathering celebrations to a planet beyond our solar system.