Airbus to build ESA space science satellite spacenews.com/airbus-to-buil…

Grounds of Birr Castle Demesne looking magnificent today #VisitBirr

Big milestone for the space weather mission known as Vigil, as the contract is signed between European Space Agency and Airbus. The spacecraft will carry onboard a solar wind detector designed and built here in our space lab: esa.int/Space_Safety/V…

The kids have been going mad running through the fields around DIAS Dunsink Observatory this week. So much more plant and animal life to see and draw thanks to #NoMowMay

🛰 European Space Agency have today announced the contractors for the Vigil mission, which will transform space weather forecasting.

Find out what this means for us at the @MetOffice Space Weather Operations Centre 👇

#SpaceWeather

Great to see the observatory full of young folk!

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Interestingly quotes from ESA Space Safety colleagues on the technological impacts of solar storms. Ireland is the only ESA Member State that is NOT a member of ESA’s Space Safety Programme … esa.int/Space_Safety

Thank you Minister Pippa Hackett for kicking off a community discussion about dark skies in Co Offaly. Positive impacts for biodiversity, tourism and protecting the night sky for future generations.

Looking forward to speaking about ⁦ESA's Solar Orbiter at the⁩ IAA 50th Anniversary Event ⁦Armagh Observatory & Planetarium⁩, Saturday18th May - | Irish Astronomical Association irishastro.org/2024/05/16/iaa…

Tonight! Dark Skies of Offaly with Georgia MacMillan of Mayo Dark Skies and Dr Peter T Gallagher of I-LOFAR at Birr Castle Demesne 7:30pm. Free event but booking essential. Science Foundation Ireland eventbrite.ie/e/dark-skies-o… #NBW24 #NationalBiodiversityWeek

Time is almost up. The deadline for entries to DIAS #ReachForTheStars 2024 is 5pm tomorrow 17 May. We've had an influx since last weekend's spectacular skies but there's still time. Head to reachforthestars.ie to enter #DIASdiscovers

Looking forward to speaking Birr Castle Demesne about the UNESCO World Heritage ambitions of the Astronomical Observatories of Ireland at Armagh, Birr and Dunsink and protecting our night sky for future generations.

Its a global surge, not just localized to a range of longitudes…… this is exactly WHY we need a global observing constellation. The physics of the system dictates it. #SpaceWeather #HaleCycle #RossbyWaves #LongitudeReallyMatters

RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT BELOW 7 MHz.
The flare is drowning out radio signals over most of Europe, Africa, and western Asia.