Prof. Caitriona Jackman

The second meeting of the National Advisory Forum for Space Research took place this week at Maynooth University, during Irish Astronomy Week! The Forum brings together a broad range of stakeholders and expertise to discuss what’s next for Space R&I in Ireland.

And lastly, congratulations to Professor Caitriona Jackman, of @DIASDunsink, for being awarded an Honorary Fellowship for her "outstanding service and leadership of planetary magnetospheric physics in Ireland, the UK, and internationally". 🥳 👏

A spacecraft in flight changes the space about it. A new @DIASDunsink study shows that @ESA's Jupiter mission @ESA_JUICE has incurred extensive surface charging, a surrounding cloud of photoelectrons & a 65-m-long wake of ion-free space behind the spacecraft esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

The @DIASAstronomy Planetary Group celebrated a very successful workshop. Great to host so many international collaborators in Dublin

Huge news 🚨Out of print volumes from the UA Press Space Science Series are now free online! See Planetary come into its own as the solar system unfolds. open.uapress.arizona.edu/projects/proje…

Kicking off the Outer Planet Moon-Magnetosphere Interactions workshop, hosted by the Planetary group @DIASAstronomy #DIASMoons24

OVATION model predicting significant aurora tonight over northern Europe, including Ireland. Forecast updates at magie.ie/aurora/ near-realtime geomagnetic conditions in Ireland at magie.ie/data/

Wonderful to have @scienceirel and @IrishResearch staff @DIASDunsink today. We even got to see sunspots through the historic Grubb Telescope.

Welcome to the latest member of the @DIASAstronomy Planetary Magnetospheres Group: Dr. Affelia Wibisono has joined us to work on planetary aurorae.. and will bring amazing public engagement experience to @DIASDunsink dias.ie/2024/03/04/dr-… @AffeliaW

Just a reminder of last week’s landmark visit of @esa @esascience Director @CGMundell to IE, organised by @DeptEnterprise @Entirl Delegate @PadraigDoolan @DIAS_Dublin @cm_jackman and @ucddublin @LorraineHanlon1 and incl. guests from @DeptofFHed @scienceirel, hosted @DIASDunsink

@LeighFletcher @DIASAstronomy It was great to host you! We'll find another chance to get you to Dublin 😄

Had a fun afternoon showcasing #JWST Solar System discoveries with the team @DIASAstronomy - thanks very much to @cm_jackman and Alexandra Fogg for the invite, sorry it had to be a virtual seminar, rather than a visit to Dublin!

Many thanks to colleagues @DIASDunsink @scienceirel @Entirl @DeptofFHed and scientists from universities across Ireland for the warm welcome to me & my @esascience team, inspiring conversations and ambition for the future. #Talent #Innovation #Technology #FrontiersOfScience

We’re not the first to go to the moon but we’re definitely the cheapest… 👀 We interrupt your day with what is a very REAL photo Flight FR2970 (Tenerife to Edinburgh) captured from @DIASDunsink Observatory (Dublin) on Jan 18. 📷 @jeremyrigney

"You're not an imposter, you're a trailblazer." Our guest editor Dr Nicola Fox @NASAScienceAA asks Prof Carole Mundell, Director of Science at the European Space Agency, what advice she would give her younger self. Listen back to Dr Fox's #R4Today guest edit on @BBCSounds

The full antics of the @DIASDunsink elf instagram.com/reel/C1FYjQHMR… #ElfOnTheShelf

The @DIASDunsink elf has been checking up on members of @DIASAstronomy to report back to the North Pole... And having some fun while doing it!

Well that was a fun day of @DIASDunsink on tour @Allen_NS_ talking to Juniors, Seniors, 1st and 2nd class about space with the amazing @sadhbh_leahy. Wrestling our props off the naughty elf was the toughest part!

Come join us at the third moon-magnetosphere workshop 13-17 May 2024 in Dublin! Registration is now open: indico.esa.int/event/482/ @DIAS_Dublin @DIASDunsink @DIASAstronomy

Ben Affleck, Elon Musk, and @DIASDunsink all feature in my section on Space Hazards... (Second half of the programme). Catch up via the Newstalk Futureproof webpage if you missed it

I look forward to talking about how Space can end us all! Should be a very cheerful evening 😄