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

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. https://t.co/Q7Zq3eG3eC

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 https://t.co/xml9GTmEF6 near-realtime geomagnetic conditions in Ireland at https://t.co/R5IJXbGIy5

We are hiring! 💫 Two Postdoctoral Research positions available within the DIAS Planetary Magnetospheres group. For more information please visit: https://t.co/8JXWS6AK46 #DIASDiscovers #Jupiter #Space #PostdoctoralResearch #ESAJUICE #Ganymede

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 https://t.co/acQiUmrwzN @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

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 https://t.co/q2rpFFwePU #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: https://t.co/0qOk3IRZJM @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 😄