Great news this morning as Professor Barry Lewis @SCSlibrary is awarded the 2023 Vernam Hull Memorial Prize for his volume, Bonedd y Saint: An Edition and Study of the Genealogies of the Welsh Saints. #DIASdiscovers
https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/university-wales-y-werin-legacy-fund-awards-annual-prizes
The final stage of Reach for the Stars, our astrophotography competition is the prizegiving and launch of the outdoor exhibition. This took place last week and the exhibition is now free to view at DIAS HQ, 10 Burlington Road, for a limited time. Congratulations to our prizewinners and exhibited photographers #DIASdiscovers
Established on 19 June 1940, by then Taoiseach Éamon de Valera, DIAS has had 84 years of discovery so far. This video, produced in 2020 to mark DIAS 80, shows some of the highlights of the first 80. So many more along the way, and since. #DIASdiscovers
Newsflash! Increased solar activity forecast to bring spectacular Northern Lights shows over Ireland this weekend (clear skies permitting). With this in mind, we've extended the deadline for submission to DIAS Reach for the Stars 2024 until 5pm, Friday 17 May. #DIASdiscovers
With one week to go until entries to DIAS Reach for the Stars 2024 close, we're looking back at entries from past years that might inspire people to enter their photographs this year. We've selected four images that align with each of this year's four main categories. #DIASdiscovers
Congratulations to @diasastronomy and @diasdunsink Director Professor Peter Gallagher, now an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College Dublin đź‘Ź
Great DIAS photo here of Professor Gallagher with the Chair of the DIAS Council Professor John Hegarty, and DIAS Astronomy Professor Emeritus Luke Drury #DIASdiscovers
Calling astrophotography folk across the island of Ireland. DIAS Reach for the Stars astrophotography competition is back for 2024. This year we have five main prize categories including a new mobile phone category. More details on https://www.dias.ie/2024/04/11/dias-astrophotography-competition-goes-mobile-for-2024/ #DIASdiscovers
The second talk, takes place at DIAS HQ on Monday 29 January at 7pm. This time Dr Gagnon will bring us on a journey to discover "The tragic destiny of Mileva Marić Einstein". Tickets now available on https://eventbrite.com/e/794459719407?aff=oddtdtcreator #DIASdiscovers
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Pauline Gagnon, formerly of CERN, to DIAS for two fascinating (free) talks this month https://eventbrite.com/cc/pauline-gagnon-at-dias-2980289 #DIASdiscovers
Have you seen the new documentary about the making of the ESA Juice spacecraft yet?! If not check it out now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TOKyzXulb-Y
Prof Caitriona Jackman and her team in the Planetary Magnetospheres Group are involved with the Radio and Plasma Wave Instrument, which will characterise the radio emission and plasma environment of Jupiter and its icy moons!
Thrilled that Silicon Republic picked up on our important role in SIX international satellite missions. Read about it here https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dias-international-space-missions-james-webb-nasa
📢Presenting @dias_geophysics Statutory Public Lecture 'Exploring the Deep Earth: Supercomputing and Digital Twins' with Speaker Prof. Heiner Igel from @LMU_Muenchen
Join them in the Old Physics Theatre in @MoLI_Museum on next Tuesday, 21 November, at 7 p.m.
Limited tickets remain for this FREE event so get yours now at the link below!
Tonight is our final #SamhainAgusScience 2023 event. There are very limited tickets remaining for tonight's talk presented by Dr Johanna Vos. Get yours now on https://eventbrite.ie/e/galaxy-of-horrors-troubling-tales-from-worlds-beyond-our-own-tickets-713651279187 #DIASdiscovers
Congratulations to Prof Tom Ray and his team with their stunning bipolar jet image featuring on the cover of the latest issue of @Nature!
Browse the current issue at https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/622/issues/7981
#DIASDiscovers #WebbSeesFarther #Astrodon #Astronomy #JWST #WebbSpaceTelescope #Space #Nature
Another version of the beautiful image of the Herbig-Haro 211 (HH 211) bipolar jet has just been released! Read more here: https://esawebb.org/news/weic2322/
#DIASDiscovers #WebbSeesFarther #Astrodon #Astronomy #JWST #WebbSpaceTelescope #Space
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 #Astrodon #Astronomy #JWST #Space #Astrophotography #Photography #Stars #StarIsBorn
Back on Earth Runner Up: ""Mannanán mac Lir & Aurora" by Patryk Sadwowski👏
From 16-29 July 1943 DIAS School of Theoretical Physics held its second summer colloquium, this one focusing 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.
Check out our shortlisted photos in this year's Reach for the Stars astrophotography competition.
Please note that for technical reasons, some images appear zoomed in. For the full photos, and to vote for your favourite, head to https://reachforthestars.ie/exhibition/
The photo with the most votes will win our "Public Choice" category. Voting closes 26 June 2023.
Did you know last week was International Dark Sky Week? Learn more about how protecting the night skies around @diasdunsink at https://www.dunsink.dias.ie/lightpollution/ and check out https://www.darksky.ie to find some dark skies near you!
#IDSW2023 #DIASDiscovers
