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# Supernova

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# Supernova
'For me, it's a love story - and the context is dementia'
Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci star in a moving new film about a couple dealing with young-onset dementia.
# Supernova
Siofra Cleirigh-Buttner takes brilliant silver, sets new Irish record at NCAA indoor championships
The 22-year-old ran a confident 800 metres to post 2:02.46 in the highly-competitive US collegiate meet.
# amateur astronomer
5 incredible supernovas captured in space (and how you could spot one too)
Colour and light.
# stargazer
Irish man discovers a third supernova - with telescope he built himself
Dave Grennan has an observatory in his back garden in Raheny – and celebrated this latest discovery with a “nice strong cup of tea”.
# Astronomy
"I nearly fell off my chair": Dublin man makes second supernova discovery
Amateur astronomer Dave Grennan has been called Ireland’s ‘premier supernova hunter’ after discovering two supernovae in just two years.
# End of the World
Astronomy Ireland lecture asks: what happens when the Sun dies?
Longing for a lecture on how your home planet is going to be consumed by a fiery ball of apocalyptic hell? Well, you’re in luck…
# Space
Want to see a supernova in action?
Astronomers have created the first 3D view of an exploding star.