The Armagh woman who made one of the greatest astronomical discoveries of 20th century
Wild Geese: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell says there were upsides to not winning a Nobel prize
Astronomer Annie Maunder and old battles against ‘he’ and ‘him’
Linda Doyle’s election as Trinity Provost reminds us of obstacles women have faced
Galway festival offers impressive art in occasionally underwhelming displays
Galway International Arts Festival 2019 largely overcomes issues with venues
Einstein, Eddington and the 1919 eclipse
Observations of solar eclipse confirmed accuracy of theory of relativity
The pioneering Irishwomen who made exciting Space discoveries
Space Week: Remarkable women strategically navigated a male-dominated field
Where’s the evidence? A scientist’s struggle with religion
Science and religion make strange bedfellows. One big clash is the central issue of faith
Blood Moon dazzles in longest lunar eclipse of 21st century
Hindu temples in India close due to belief that eclipse causes negative energy
Science history matters too much for us to carry on neglecting it
Remarkably few colleges offer first degrees, and senior university posts are rare
A science lesson from the dawn of the universe
A recent claim about dark matter and the origin of stars is being treated with scepticism. As it should be
Nine questions about climate change – and the answers you should know
COP23 in Bonn confirmed climate change as the defining issue of our time
A question of trust in science
How can policy-makers discern between genuine disagreement among experts and false uncertainties raised by commercial interests?
The Year of Post-Truth: the forecast is far from rosy
A worrying aspect of Trump’s team is the number of key roles for business tycoons
How many galaxies are there? Tough question, even for Hubble
Astronomers make estimate of 2 trillion - but many galaxies are still lurking in the dark
William Reville: Copernicus might have been wrong about Earth
A computer model has found Earth to be uniquely suited to life among 700 million trillion terrestrial planets
Georges Lemaître: the Belgian priest who preached the Big Bang
Even Einstein initially found Lemaître’s ‘big bang’ model of the origins of the universe far-fetched
How Einstein’s general relativity passed a key test
Just what are gravitational waves, how are they detected, and does this mean Einstein was right?
Existence of Einstein’s gravitational waves confirmed
Most scientists agree LIGO consortium almost certain to get physics Nobel Prize for efforts
Irish man’s Nobel win highlights the glacial nature of science
William Campbell’s award comes 65 years after he started his work in the field. There is a lesson here for research-funding policy
Fred Hoyle: The brilliant man who lost the Big Bang debate
Hoyle’s resistance to Big Bang provoked astronomers into testing the theory of the universe
The great injustice of climate change
Economic self-interest continues to trump global concerns about climate change. The poorest will suffer the most
Comet Philae landed on could be home to alien life
European space craft Rosetta also said to have picked up strange ‘clusters’
Annie Russell: A trailblazing Irish astronomer whose work eclipsed her husband’s
Russell has a lunar crater and a solar event named after her despite the constraints she was under
Two new planets bigger than Earth ‘found’ in our solar system
Scientists say discovery would be ‘truly revolutionary for astronomy’
Einstein’s theory of relativity clashes with common sense
The first step to grasping Einstein’s theories is to forget about our everyday experience of the world
Fraudulent research results: how common are they?
Recent cases make one wonder how much dubious research slips through the peer-review process
All changed, changed utterly, the basic maths tools are gone
Physics lecturer tries out a question on the project maths paper
Term is over, so a summer of research begins
Once students have finished their exams, academics get down to the very important business of research
Giant experiments closed to Irish science
Perhaps it is time to rethink Ireland’s participation in international scientific organisations
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