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Georges Lemaître: the Belgian priest who preached the Big Bang
Even Einstein initially found Lemaître’s ‘big bang’ model of the origins of the universe far-fetched
How Einstein’s general relativity passed a key test
Just what are gravitational waves, how are they detected, and does this mean Einstein was right?
Existence of Einstein’s gravitational waves confirmed
Most scientists agree LIGO consortium almost certain to get physics Nobel Prize for efforts
Irish man’s Nobel win highlights the glacial nature of science
William Campbell’s award comes 65 years after he started his work in the field. There is a lesson here for research-funding policy
Fred Hoyle: The brilliant man who lost the Big Bang debate
Hoyle’s resistance to Big Bang provoked astronomers into testing the theory of the universe
The great injustice of climate change
Economic self-interest continues to trump global concerns about climate change. The poorest will suffer the most
Comet Philae landed on could be home to alien life
European space craft Rosetta also said to have picked up strange ‘clusters’
Annie Russell: A trailblazing Irish astronomer whose work eclipsed her husband’s
Russell has a lunar crater and a solar event named after her despite the constraints she was under
Two new planets bigger than Earth ‘found’ in our solar system
Scientists say discovery would be ‘truly revolutionary for astronomy’
Einstein’s theory of relativity clashes with common sense
The first step to grasping Einstein’s theories is to forget about our everyday experience of the world
Fraudulent research results: how common are they?
Recent cases make one wonder how much dubious research slips through the peer-review process
All changed, changed utterly, the basic maths tools are gone
Physics lecturer tries out a question on the project maths paper
Term is over, so a summer of research begins
Once students have finished their exams, academics get down to the very important business of research
Giant experiments closed to Irish science
Perhaps it is time to rethink Ireland’s participation in international scientific organisations
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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