An asteroid the size of 59 Bono's is racing towards Earth and would 'devastate' Ireland if it hit. Global defence plans have been triggered to prevent a catastrophic impact in 2032.

The 500metre wide rock could throw 400million tonnes of dust into the atmosphere, dropping the Earth's temperature 4C ...

Angel Otarola, an astronomer and member of the light pollution committee of the Chilean Astronomical Society (SOCHIAS), says ...

Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Saturn are all visible with the naked eye in our night skies right now - but one planet will join the parade later this month before it disappears ...

The Moon and Jupiter will meet in the southwest sky at around 9.00pm GMT, where Jupiter will be shining bright to the left of ...

Astronomy Ireland's David Moore warned that the 100-metre-wide space rock called 2024 YR4 would be a "country killer" if it ...

The so-called Snow Moon is named after the abundant snowfall the Northern Hemisphere often gets during February. In the UK, ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured spectacular images of the cosmic wonder LEDA 1313424, also known as the 'Bullseye' ...

A giant asteroid hurtling towards Earth could wipe out Ireland with a series of devastating earthquakes or massive tsunamis, ...

Dr. Pascal Lee is a planetary scientist with the SETI Institute, Mars Institute and NASA Ames Research Center in California.

Linda Watson’s dementia stricken mum Ellen Watson died 13 months after breaking her hip in a fall which prompted a move to ...