# exploration - Friday 22 February, 2019
# Ideal Touchdown
# Ideal Touchdown
Meanwhile, Israel began a mission to make its first Moon landing.
# exploration - Monday 17 September, 2018
# Deep Dive
# Deep Dive
18 state-of-the-art seismometers will measure movement at the floor of the ocean.
# exploration - Monday 7 August, 2017
# Exploration
# Exploration
The event takes place over Heritage Week this month.
# exploration - Monday 17 August, 2015
# exploration - Sunday 14 June, 2015
# Into Orbit
# Into Orbit
They may seem like areas that require a lot of knowledge and training, but the reality isn’t as black or white as that.
# exploration - Friday 19 December, 2014
# What Is That
# What Is That
It has “large wing-like fins and a head resembling a cartoon dog”.
# exploration - Monday 20 October, 2014
# Survey
# Survey
The Government has announced a new plan to carry out surveys of areas of potential exploration.
# exploration - Wednesday 15 October, 2014
# Exploration
# Exploration
It’s hardly worth the air miles.
# exploration - Tuesday 9 September, 2014
# Hms Terror
# Hms Terror
The occupants of this and a second ship had died of cold and hunger on Beechey Island.
# exploration - Monday 4 August, 2014
# Hey Rosetta
# Hey Rosetta
“Rosetta, meet Churyumov-Gerasimenko”.
# exploration - Friday 1 August, 2014
# Life On Mars
# Life On Mars
As part of experiments carried out by NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, researchers will look at whether Martian air could be converted for astronauts to breathe.
# exploration - Thursday 24 July, 2014
# Fracked
# Fracked
The company says no fracking will take place at the site in Belcoo, Co. Fermanagh.
# exploration - Wednesday 23 July, 2014
# Research
# Research
International project collaboration, such as the pan-EU radio telescope LOFAR, would benefit Irish businesses and tourism, as well as our IT and science graduates.
# exploration - Friday 27 June, 2014
# Gas Man
# Gas Man
The company blamed increased losses on administration expenses.
# exploration - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
# Pat Rabbitte
# Pat Rabbitte
However, it has been criticised for ‘not going far enough’, with tax increases falling short of what was recommended by an Oireachtas committee.
# exploration - Tuesday 25 February, 2014
# Space Spend
# Space Spend
Might the money spent on space exploration by governments and scientific institutes be better used for “real world” problems? Conor Farrell takes a look.
# exploration - Tuesday 31 December, 2013
# Stranded
# Stranded
The 52 passengers will be taken by helicopter to a nearby ship, while the 22 crew members are expected to remain with the trapped vessel.
# exploration - Friday 22 November, 2013
# Fracking
# Fracking
The EPA notes that although there are currently no hydraulic fracturing (fracking) projects under way in Ireland, the gas exploration method “is an emerging issue”.
# exploration - Thursday 21 November, 2013
# New Lease
# New Lease
The Navan zinc and lead mine, which is the largest Zinc mine in Europe, has been in operation since 1977.
# exploration - Wednesday 25 September, 2013
# Black Gold
# Black Gold
Minister Pat Rabbitte says he wants to strike a balance between attracting investment and maximising returns from the State’s natural resources.
# exploration - Sunday 15 September, 2013
# Exploration
# Exploration
Junior miniser Fergus O’Dowd has said that the state should provide an environment that encourages companies to take the risks involved in exploration.
# exploration - Saturday 7 September, 2013
# Space Race
# Space Race
The robotic mission will collect information about the lunar atmosphere and surface to help scientists with their moondust problems.
# exploration - Thursday 22 August, 2013
# Sponsored By Emirates
From The Daily Edge
# Sponsored By Emirates
Planning on taking some holidays? Read this before you jet off.
# exploration - Tuesday 20 August, 2013
# ICEBRIDGE
# ICEBRIDGE
NASA is in the fifth year of its mission to survey the Arctic and Antarctic. Its cockpit cameras have gathered some spectacular footage…
# exploration - Wednesday 31 July, 2013
# Porn
# Porn
While pornography can create dangerous misconceptions about sex, shutting down all such exploration only reinforces the notion that sex is something dirty and shameful, writes Genevieve Shanahan.
# exploration - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
# Exploration
# Exploration
Offshore explorers have welcomed the new push to figure out exactly what may lie under Ireland’s western waters,
# exploration - Monday 3 June, 2013
# Natural Resources
# Natural Resources
The natural resources minister also denies suggestions that Ireland is “giving away” its oil and gas reserves.
# exploration - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
# Apples And Oranges
# Apples And Oranges
The Minister for Communication and Natural Resources has said a Norwegian-style 80 per cent tax on oil finds would not work, saying: “We’re comparing apples with oranges.”
# exploration - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
# Space
# Space
Scientists are using the data in their efforts to predict space weather.
# exploration - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
# Yee-haw!
# Yee-haw!
Petrel Resources says it is holding talks with prospective partners after a second site in the Porcupine Basin suggests oil.
# exploration - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
# Curiosity
# Curiosity
Nasa Curiosity Rover, which is living on the Red Planet, has taken samples of rock for analysis by scientists back home.
# exploration - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
# Drilling
# Drilling
The company said the government in 1999 failed to transpose EU legislation into law which left it open to legal challenges.
# exploration - Friday 18 January, 2013
# Gold Mine
# Gold Mine
Results mean that processing of the gold should go more smoothly.
# exploration - Saturday 1 December, 2012
# Fracking
# Fracking
UK-based company Enegi will now apply to the government for an exploration license before the end of February next year.
# exploration - Friday 23 November, 2012
# Shell To Sea
# Shell To Sea
Margaret Sekaggya said there is “tangible frustration amongst local residents who are standing up for their rights”.
# exploration - Saturday 6 October, 2012
# Oil Grab
# Oil Grab
A land grab for oil and gas reserves is happening in the Arctic states – but the scenario of an oil leak there could be catastrophic for everyone.
# exploration - Monday 10 September, 2012
# Liquid Assets
# Liquid Assets
The group has released a report saying exploration companies believe oil and gas within Irish waters is worth €1.6 trillion.
# exploration - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
# Oh The Humanity
# Oh The Humanity
(Mars, we’re sorry.) What would you have picked to be the first song from space?
# exploration - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# exploration - Sunday 26 August, 2012
# Neil Armstrong
# Neil Armstrong
The late astronaut spoke to the BBC about his lunar experiences in the months following his return from the Apollo 11 mission.
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