We are very excited to announce that the first of our Transition Year Weeks will take place between the 23rd and 27th of October 2023! Applications are now open and will close on Sunday 17th September at midnight. TY students can apply here: https://forms.gle/VizP6jZDi7FvZ48y7 🚀🛰. #DIASdiscovers #TransitionYear #diasdunsinkobservatory

Super video showing the #HESStelescopes in #Namibia! @DIAS_Dublin has been part of the experiment for 20 years, making breakthroughs in #HighEnergyAstrophysics, now and into the future. A few cool papers coming out before year end! @diasastronomy #DIASdiscovers
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230906.html

We're back!!! We are so excited to announce that we are finally launching our new season of events for the 2023/24 winter season, starting with #CultureNightDublin #OícheChultúirBÁC on September 22nd! Tickets are available now through https://culturenightdunsink.eventbrite.ie ! We can't wait to see you all there 🌙🔭🚀

#DIASDiscovers #dublin #astronomy

My short review of "Interaction between massive star winds and the interstellar medium" from IAU Symposium 370 #IAUS370 is now published:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023IAUS..370..205M/abstract
Open access preprint here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.08808
#MassiveStars #DIASdiscovers #astrophysics #StellarWinds

Learn more about the research behind this stunning James Webb Space Telescope view of stellar birth at https://dias.ie/jwst-stellar-birth! The work just published in Nature was led by @diasastronomy's Prof Tom Ray who played a key role in the initial development of the telescope. #DIASDiscovers

Learn more about the research behind this stunning @ESA_Webb view of stellar birth at https://dias.ie/jwst-stellar-birth! The work just published in Nature was led by @diasastronomy's Prof Tom Ray who played a key role in the initial development of the telescope. #DIASDiscovers

New paper out today with group members Chris Burger-Scheidlin, Robert Brose and me, discovering a new Galactic supernova remnant using the AKA
pathfinder radio telescope ASKAP:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08716
@diasastronomy @DIAS_Dublin #DIASdiscovers

@NdeFaoite getting ready for #heritageweek2023 in #Allihies.

#Ogham #OghamIn3D #HeritageWeek #Dias #DiasDiscovers @DIAS_Dublin

This Saturday sees the start of #HeritageWeek which runs from 12-20 August. Saturday 19 August is #WildChildDay and @dias_geophysics have lined up this fun event in Rathmines Library.

Join Laura for the #RocknShakeAdventure in association with the Irish Geological Association. The event is suitable for all ages, and all are welcome!

#DIASdiscovers

And finally, the breathtaking image that you may have seen on the front page of Saturday's Irish Times..."Ghost Ship" by Adrian Hendroff was the winning image in this year's "Back on Earth" category 👏

#ReachForTheStars
#DIASdiscovers

Our winning image in "Out of this World" was this stunning image "M51- A Galactic Dance" by Sara Harvey 👏

#ReachForTheStars
#DIASdiscovers

Out of this World Runner Up: ""Mannanán mac Lir & Aurora" by Patryk Sadwowski👏

#ReachForTheStars #DIASdiscovers

Back on Earth Runner Up: "The Almighty Arch" by Keith Levins👏

#ReachForTheStars #DIASdiscovers

Out of this World Runner Up: ""When the planets align, lunar occulation of Mars" by Enda Kelly👏

#ReachForTheStars #DIASdiscovers

Out of this World Runner Up: "The Spaghetti Nebula" by David Mackie👏

#ReachForTheStars #DIASdiscovers

Public Choice winner: "Illuminate" by Adrian Hendroff 👏

#ReachForTheStars #DIASdiscovers

Yesterday Dr Robert Brose presented the 2023 Cormac O’Ceallaigh medal to Prof. Sunil Gupta at the International Conference on Cosmic Rays!

The O'Ceallaigh Medal was established by the estate of the late Prof. Cormac O'Ceallaigh and @DIAS_Dublin to honour outstanding contributions to cosmic ray physics.

https://www.dias.ie/oceallaigh-medal

#DIASDiscovers #ICRC2023

From 16-29 July 1943
@StpDias
held its second summer colloquium, this one focussing on crystals. Max Born was one of the key speakers along with Kathleen Lonsdale and P.P. Ewald.

If you've seen #Oppenheimer his name may ring a bell, Born mentored Oppenheimer in his PhD studies and together they developed the Born-Oppenheimer approximation

#DIASdiscovers

Prof Tom Ray and Dr Donna Rodgers Lee are involved in a new study using Webb Space Telescope observations to find water for the first time in the inner disk around a young star with giant planets! Learn more about the work just published in Nature at https://dias.ie/nature-jwst-water-discovery

#DIASDiscovers

Time is running out. The public vote closes at 5pm today. Have you voted for your favourite yet? If not, log on to https://reachforthestars.ie/exhibition/ - you'll find the vote button when you click on the images Good luck to all of our shortlisted photographers #ReachForTheStars #DIASdiscovers