DIAS has announced the winners of our SEA-SEIS competitions for Primary and Secondary Schools. The SEA-SEIS Drawing Competition for Primary Schools ran from October to December, 2018, advertised on the SEA-SEIS website and in InTouch (Irish National Teachers’… Read More
DIAS: 50 Years as space research pioneers
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Last Updated: 9th December 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies to highlight Irish connections to historic moon landing The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) has launched a programme of events for July to mark the 50th anniversary of the first humans landing… Read More
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Last Updated: 20th June 2019 by martin
M1.9 Irish Sea earthquake, 18th June 2019
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake occurred on the 18th June 2019 at 20:53:12 local time in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Wales. For more details please see this post on the INSN homepage.
Upcoming summer events
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Last Updated: 25th July 2019 by Niamh Breathnach
Below is information on upcoming DIAS internal & public events. To keep up to date with DIAS events – subscribe to our newsletter here. 22nd May: Black Holes and Quantum ComputersPublic lecture with Professor Marika Taylor on the fundamental… Read More
Discovery of stress changes in the Earth before “slow earthquakes”
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Last Updated: 14th February 2020 by Niamh Breathnach
Seismic monitoring of stress changes inside the Earth promises to improve forecasts of the “slow” and possibly also of the “fast,” destructive earthquakes. An international team including Dr Sergei Lebedev of the Geophysics Section, the Dublin Institute for… Read More
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Last Updated: 30th April 2019 by martin
M2.1 Donegal earthquake, 29th April 2019
MA magnitude 2.1 earthquake occurred on the 29th April 2019 at 21:18:23 local time (20:18:23 GMT) in south Donegal. The event was felt by several members of the public. For more details please see this post https://www.insn.ie/2019-04-29-m2-1-donegal
Chris Hadfield visits DIAS to witness image of black hole being revealed
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Last Updated: 14th February 2020 by Niamh Breathnach
Commander Chris Hadfield joined Astrophysicists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) on Wednesday, 10th April 2019 to witness the first ever image of a black hole being revealed. The European Commission press conference was screened live… Read More
DIAS-led team finds evidence that Young Star Clusters make Cosmic Rays
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Last Updated: 21st January 2020 by Niamh Breathnach
Massive stars produced at the collapse of giant molecular clouds, form compact groups and remain tightly linked during their entire life. Acceleration of particles in these objects can be initiated by interacting winds directly in the vicinity of stars… Read More
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Posted: 8th April 2019 by martin
M2.4 Donegal Bay earthquake, 7th April 2019
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake occurred on the 7th April 2019 at 22:58:19 UTC (23:58:19 local time) in Donegal Bay. The event was felt by several members of the public. For more details please see this post https://www.insn.ie/2019-04-07-m2-4-donegal
GRAVITY instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imaging
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Last Updated: 5th November 2019 by Niamh Breathnach
Cutting-edge VLTI instrument reveals details of a storm-wracked exoplanet using optical interferometry The GRAVITY instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry. This method revealed a… Read More
SEA-SEIS school competition winners announced!
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Last Updated: 20th May 2019 by Niamh Breathnach
DIAS has announced the winners of our SEA-SEIS competitions for Primary and Secondary Schools. The SEA-SEIS Drawing Competition for Primary Schools ran from October to December, 2018, advertised on the SEA-SEIS website and in InTouch (Irish National Teachers’… Read More
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