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Booker Prize 2022 shortlist features oldest author

British author Alan Garner has become the oldest writer to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Garner, who was born in Cheshire and grew up in Alderley Edge, will celebrate his 88th birthday on the night of the award ceremony next month and has ...

06 Sept 2022 at 23:16

National News

Moon rock donated to Ireland by Apollo astronauts was destroyed by fire

A priceless piece of Moon rock donated to Ireland following a Nasa mission was destroyed in a fire, newly released records show. Documents from the National Archives in Dublin detail the embarrassing affair, which saw the rock travel 380,000km ...

30 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Arts & Entertainment

Rare super blue moon set to delight stargazers

A rare super blue moon will appear over the UK and Ireland on Thursday night, treating stargazers to a phenomenon that will only happen once this year. Unlike its name suggests, a blue moon is not named after the colour and instead refers to ...

30 Aug 2023 at 09:59

Arts & Entertainment

Perseid meteor shower to light up Irish skies this weekend

The Perseid meteor shower is set to light up the night skies in what is considered one of the highlights of the year for star gazers. It is expected to peak in the early hours of Saturday, with up to 150 shooting stars streaking through the ...

11 Aug 2022 at 13:49

Arts & Entertainment

Bigger and brighter supermoon to delight stargazers across Ireland

Stargazers across Ireland and the UK are set to catch a glimpse of a bigger and brighter supermoon on Wednesday night. July’s full moon is known as the Buck Moon because male deer shed and regrow their antlers around this time of year. The ...

13 Jul 2022 at 16:54

Arts & Entertainment

Nasa loses contact with spacecraft on way to moon

Nasa said it has lost contact with a spacecraft heading to the moon to test out a lopsided lunar orbit, but agency engineers are hopeful they can fix the problem. After one successful communication and a second partial one on Monday, the ...

06 Jul 2022 at 12:37

Arts & Entertainment

REVEALED: The planet with the most moons

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That is more than any other planet in our solar system. Saturn, the one-time leader, comes in a close second with 83 confirmed ...

04 Feb 2023 at 10:15

National News

'On the brink of something really exciting' - New moon rocket from Nasa set to launch

Nasa is set to launch its new Moon rocket on Monday, marking the next chapter in putting humans back on the Moon. The flight is the first in the agency’s Artemis programme and will be uncrewed this time. However, there will be ...

27 Aug 2022 at 12:33

Arts & Entertainment

NASA set date for test flight of giant moon rocket

On the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, Nasa announced that it is shooting for a late August launch of its new moon rocket. Nasa will attempt the more than month-long lunar test flight with three mannequins, ...

21 Jul 2022 at 12:50

National News

Moon halo lights up night sky over Ireland

Sky gazers were in for a celestial treat last night when a magnificent lunar halo could be spotted around the moon, with some even catching a glimpse of an incredible double halo. A lunar halo is an atmospheric optical ...

25 Jan 2024 at 14:41

Arts & Entertainment

Customers warned dates for Electric Picnic accommodation have now been changed

Dates for booking accommodation ahead of the 2025 festival have been changed. Pink Moon Boutique Camping made the announcement today on social media, alerting festival goers that booking dates for the popular ...

22 Aug 2024 at 15:33

Arts & Entertainment

REVEALED: The latest step in Nasa’s plan to land astronauts on the moon again

A satellite the size of a microwave oven has successfully broken free from its orbit around Earth and is heading towards the moon. It is the latest step in Nasa’s plan to land astronauts on the lunar surface ...

04 Jul 2022 at 13:41

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