Did you catch us on RTÉ news2day on Tuesday? We were chatting about our Reach For The Stars Astrophotography Competition 📸🔭 Entries close on the 4th of June and you can catch the full piece at rte.ie/player/series/… Images courtesy of RTÉ #ReachForTheStars #DIASDiscovers

Astronomical Observatories of Ireland staff and students from Armagh and DIAS/Dunsink met today at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies - DIAS HQ today. A bright future for cross-border collaboration on astronomical research and public engagement

85 years ago today - on 19 June 1940 - DIAS was established when President Dubhglas de hÍde signed the Institute for Advanced Studies Act into law. We're marking 85 years of discovery and world-class research! #DIAS85 #DIASdiscovers

DIAS Research Fellow Dr Donna Rodgers-Lee has played a key role in the Organising Committee of the Palestinian Advanced Physics School 2025, taking place at the University of Jordan this July #DIASDiscovers

Congratulations to Prof Luke Drury on being awarded the O'Ceallaigh Medal, which honours scientists who have made distinguished contributions to Cosmic Ray Physics. The medal was presented at today's opening of the International Cosmic Ray Conference in Geneva. #ICRC2025 #DIAS85

A huge congratulations to DIAS Professor Caitriona Jackman, who received a Royal Astronomical Society honorary fellowship this week, for her outstanding service and leadership of planetary magnetospheric physics in Ireland, the UK, and internationally 🌍 #DIASDiscovers

We are hiring! 📣 2-Year Postdoc position in the Planetary Magnetospheres group 📅 Deadline 15th September #DIASDiscovers

Back on track & ready for Venus! ✅📍 After the successful resolution of a communication anomaly, ESA's Juice mission is on course for its Venus flyby at 07:28 CEST on 31 August. 1/3

🛰️ "a textbook example of teamwork under pressure” Successful resolution of a spacecraft communication anomaly that temporarily severed contact 📡 with Earth. Go JUICE! esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

The ESA's Juice mission mission (with involvement from the Planetary Magnetosphere's Group) is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at Venus on 31 August! 🛰️

Reminder that ESA's Juice mission flies past Venus this weekend. The spacecraft was designed to feel at home in the cold, dark environment of the Jupiter system, and it is too hot at Venus to turn the cameras on. Pics or it didn’t happen? You’ll have to trust us on this one.

Spacecraft flying past Venus on its way to Jupiter with help from Irish scientists independent.ie/irish-news/spa… #DIASDiscovers #DIAS85

Juice will complete a flyby of Venus tomorrow, marking milestone event for DIAS researchers Prof Caitriona Jackman, Dr Hans Huybrighs and Dr Mika Holmberg 🛰️ #DIASDiscovers

Dr Laura Hayes from DIAS discusses research on solar flares and space weather, and how the The Royal Society - Research Ireland University Research Fellowship has had an impact on her career to date. The deadline to apply is 10th September 2025. Visit: researchireland.ie/funding/royal-…

Congratulations to Prof. Prof. Caitriona Jackman for establishing the Ukrainian Researchers Network, connecting displaced researchers supported by Research Ireland The inaugural event took place last week at Research Ireland’s HQ, with special guest H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine 🇺🇦

We’re delighted to welcome Dr Matthew West, ESA Vigil Mission Scientist, to present tomorrow's sold-out School of Cosmic Physics Statutory Lecture: ☀️ Forecasting the Sun: The ESA Vigil Mission and the Future 📍7pm, DIAS, 10 Burlington Road #DIASDiscovers