An unmanned spacecraft India launched last month has begun orbiting the Moon before it lands on the far side to search for water.

We have probably all spotted the Moon quite clearly during the day even though we associate it with the night time sky.

If you watched any of the footage of the Apollo 11 moon landings in July, you could hardly have missed the pock-marked nature of the lunar surface.

A wheelchair user has said she was forced to quit her job because of the problems faced by disabled people getting the DART.

Despite talk of missions to Mars and a renewed interest in returning to the moon, nothing can match the awesome feat of that first lunar landing 50 years ago today, writes Dan Buckley.

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of humans landing for the first time on the moon, I do remember it. I was five years old. It was an amazing feat of engineering by Nasa in 1969 to send three men there and back safely to the Earth on Apollo 11.

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

When Neil Armstrong took his fateful 'one small step' almost exactly 50 years ago, it was the culmination of an extraordinary effort that had begun back in 1961 when President Kennedy vowed that America would land a man on the moon before the decade was out.

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

It appears the world is getting ready to celebrate the fact that Neil Armstrong became not the man in the Moon but the first man on the moon 50 years ago (July 29, 1969).

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.

A Waterford virtual reality firm is targeting major growth in North America and Asia after agreeing a deal with one of the biggest space museums in the US.

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

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has measured and recorded what it believes to be the first ever 'marsquake'.

Nasa astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch were about to make history tomorrow by becoming the first pair of female astronauts to conduct a spacewalk together outside the International Space Station.

Do your weeks go by in a blur? Denis Lehane has the answer.

Donald Trump has said he wants to send man back to the moon - and on to Mars.

As part of Science Week, Astronomy Ireland will be setting up some of the most powerful telescopes in Ireland to look at a very rare sight in the night skies.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield landed in Shannon Airport this evening and stated it was good to be back on Ireland’s west coast.

The Bolsheviks’ efforts to change the world remain relevant in our own time of popular disaffection with establishment politics and brutalist economics, says Geoffrey Roberts

Donald Trump plans to slash the budget of agencies behind the satellite programmes which underpin climate science. Jon Gertner looks at what the US may lose as a result.

The LEGO Group may be restructuring, but Kya deLongchamps says everthing is awesome for the future of the iconic toy

Millions of Americans are looking to the skies for the country's first total solar eclipse in nearly 100 years.

The problem with planets is that they move.

Cork Midsummer Festival launches today for 10 days of theatre, art and family fun. Des O’Driscoll selects a few of the upcoming highlights.

There will be lots of free events throughout the month

Summer is now truly upon us with the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere occurring on June 21. Since the Winter Solstice in December, the Sun has been rising higher in the sky each day, but on June 21 this behaviour stops and the sun is said to “stand still”. The word ‘solstice’ is derived from the Latin solstitium, from ‘sol’ (sun) and ‘stitium’ (to stop).

The sky is full of stories. Constellations record mythical figures and events. Most take their names from the Greeks or Romans, although we know the Greeks based their system on Sumerian traditions from some 3,000 years earlier.

Launched in 1992, the Ford Mondeo chalks up its 25th anniversary this year.

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.

This week, I’m looking back on some of the best start-ups I’ve had the pleasure of talking with during 2016.

Get the camera out!

Tonight is the perfect night for some stargazing, or some Moongazing in fact, as the SuperMoon will be on display.

November sees the centenary of Percival Lowell’s death. 

Rita de Brún believes the next stage of the space race will be for — lunar real estate.