Join us for the Festival of Curiosity
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* This July we will take a closer look at Volcanoes via our Geophysics section, and look to the stars in the DIAS Dunsink Observatory. Full programme will be published in due course.
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* This July we will take a closer look at Volcanoes via our Geophysics section, and look to the stars in the DIAS Dunsink Observatory. Full programme will be published in due course.
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* This coming August, we plan to see out the Summer holidays with a number of family friendly movie nights in DIAS Dunsink Observatory. Weather permitting we will host an outdoor cinema, overlooking Dublin City,... Read More
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* This Culture Night visit the open DIAS buildings and delve into the research questions being tackled by our talented staff. This will address our DIAS 2020 themes of Listening to our planet Reaching for... Read More
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* Samhain agus Science 2020 Black holes are among the most fascinating objects that our universe harbours. Recent breakthroughs have made it possible for us to observe them directly - the Event Horizon Telescope has... Read More
Sound artist & composer David Stalling has collaborated with a team of seismologists at DIAS, led by Sergei Lebedev (now a DIAS Adjunct Professor, and at Cambridge University), since 2018. What has emerged is a new set of... Read More
Our final day of Samhain agus Science events begins at 1pm, when Dr Martin Möllhoff of DIAS Geophysics will explain why Hekla is to this day frequently referred to as 'gateway to hell'. It's volcanic activity since the... Read More
From the first ever Irish experiment in space, to landmark insights on volcanoes, the School of Cosmic Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) has played a leading role in strengthening our understanding of the world... Read More
Even though we cannot feel it, the ground is always trembling beneath our feet. We know this because really sensitive earthquake detectors feel these vibrations. Join seismologists Professor Chris Bean & Dr Martin Möllhoff from the Dublin Institute... Read More
A free online talk with Prof. Mark Williams (University of Leicester) on the geology of human impact on the Earth and the far reaching markers of climate change on our planet. This talk is part of the annual... Read More