by Sophie Murray | May 18, 2017 | Public Engagement
Although it remains a bit of a controversial topic amongst those who still prefer IDL, the Python programming language is becoming increasingly popular in the astrophysics community for development and analysis. For the first time it has the most mentions in NASA/ADS,...
by Sophie Murray | Oct 14, 2016 | Public Engagement
Last week was World Space Week, a yearly event supported by the United Nations, which has grown to be the largest public space event since its inception in 1999. As part of Irish Space Week there was a variety of events held at Trinity College Dublin for the general...
by Sophie Murray | Oct 13, 2016 | Public Engagement
European Researcher’s Night is a yearly event that allows researchers to showcase their work to the general public. Science events took place simultaneously across Europe on the 30th September 2016. The Solar and Space Weather Group at Trinity College Dublin...
by Sophie Murray | Dec 22, 2015 | Public Engagement
The UK has been very excited of late about a certain astronaut taking his first steps onto the International Space Station. Tim Peake is the first British ESA astronaut, and he and his team launched into space on Tuesday 15th December on a Russian Soyuz rocket. A lot...
by Sophie Murray | Oct 9, 2015 | Public Engagement
The Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre (MOSWOC) is one year old! Although MOSWOC forecasters had been producing space weather guidance for the past few years, the centre was officially opened by the UK’s Minister of State for Universities, Science and...