To mark World Heritage Day, the government announced that Birr Castle Demesne in County Offaly and Dunsink Observatory just ...

In an important first step toward designation, Dunsink Observatory, and Birr Castle Demesne have been added to Ireland's ...

Three observatories across the island of Ireland that have played key roles in astronomical and scientific discoveries have ...

The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

For the first time, scientists have found strong evidence of a "polar planet"—a planet whose orbit is tilted at 90 degrees ...

Astronomers have discovered a planet that orbits at a 90-degree angle around a rare pair of strange stars—a real-life 'twist' ...

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope finds molecules that could only be produced by life in the atmosphere of an alien ...

Astronomers have discovered a strikingly unusual exoplanet: one which orbits its host stars in a totally new way. The planet ...

A city celebrated for its food scene also provides hiking, cycling and stargazing in the natural beauty of the desert.

Jonathan McDowell is retiring from studying the universe. But he’s ramping up efforts to chronicle humanity’s exploration of ...