An Irish astronomer has lead an international discovery to make the most detailed image of the surface of a star.

THERE was a lot of talk about “supermoons” in 2016, a phenomenon which happens when the full moon happens to coincide with the moon being closer to the earth in its non-circular orbit.

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 

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’).

A glowing green comet is making its closest approach to Earth and providing amateur astronomers with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that will not come again for 8,000 years.

A glowing green comet is making its closest approach to Earth and providing amateur astronomers with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that will not come again for 8,000 years.

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

Orion’s period facade masks open-plan, light-filled interior in west Cork Tommy Barker reports

THERE’S already a bit of a hunt on at Cork’s Orion — a compact cottage called after a mighty stellar constellation, the Orion Nebula and the discernible shape (seen by telescope) of a hunter’s sword.

Astronomers have peered deeper into the depths of the universe than ever before to obtain a startling view of the earliest galaxies, it emerged today.

The day before astronaut Commander Laurel Clark died in the shuttle disaster she sent an e-mail home to family and friends.