Laurence O Rourke
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Europe’s PLATO mission is seeking out habitable exoplanets
- Science
- February 7, 2019, 01:00
The first exoplanets – planets that lie beyond our solar system – were discovered in 1992. Since then 3,946 more have been identified. But how many of(...)

Emotions high as lights go out on ‘Rosetta’ for last time
- Europe
- September 30, 2016, 18:34
The fluorescent green zigzag on the screen in the control room at the European Space Agency (ESA) command centre in Darmstadt stopped at 11.19am yest(...)

How Vodafone helped Skibbereen reach out to the world
- Sponsored
- November 16, 2015, 01:00
Ireland’s first-ever National Digital Week took place at the beginning of this month in the west Cork town of Skibbereen. The four-day event attracted(...)

Tech enthusiasts to head to first National Digital Week in Skibbereen
- Technology
- October 27, 2015, 01:10
West Cork might not seem the most obvious location for a festival focused on digital technology, but more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts, (...)

Rosetta: Philae now secure after landing on comet
- Science
- November 13, 2014, 10:51
Dick Ahlstrom Science EditorThe Philae lander sitting on a comet 500 million kilometres away is streaming back pictures and vast amounts of data despi(...)