Check out this article on the upcoming Mauve launch! Dr Emma Whelan talks about how this will improve our ability to study and understand star formation, giving us a better understanding of the Universe around us! #MUPhysics
17.11.2025 13:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks again to IrelandQCI and all those that gave their time yesterday to talk about Quantum Communications! It was a great day with lots of really interesting conversations. #MUPhysics
14.11.2025 15:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
All you need to know about string theory 🌌
The concept that string theory suggests a vast range of possible universes is explored by Kay Lehnert from MU’s Department of Physics.
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www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
12.11.2025 10:20 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Startup pioneers subscription service for space-based astronomy
Blue Skies Space will sell data from its tiny, low-cost UV telescope
Check out this article featuring one of #MUPhysics very own researchers Dr Emma Whelan. It talks about the upcoming Mauve launch and the importance of it for observational astronomy! Keep a close watch on our socials to hear more about this over the coming week!
10.11.2025 17:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎓 Thinking about postgraduate study?
Take the next step at Maynooth University.
Join us at our Postgraduate Open Day
📅 Tuesday, 4 November 2025
🕒 3–6pm | 📍 Maynooth University
👉 Meet lecturers, chat with students, explore your options.
Register now: mu.ie/edge
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20.10.2025 09:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Last week, we had our yearly Pizza Party 🍕 for the Theoretical Physics & Mathematics programme! It was a great opportunity for students of all years to chat with and meet other students and members of staff. We also gave out some awards to some of our exceptional students! #MUPhysics
20.10.2025 09:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Tune into Futureproof w/ Jonathan McCrea tomorrow at 12 to catch a familiar voice. Dr John Regan will be talking about asteroid impacts and the Ignobel Prize. Not something to be missed! #MuPhysics
27.09.2025 08:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
✨Must See✨
Check out the latest release of JWST images below! #MUPhysics very own Dr Patrick Kavanagh recently led the data reduction of this new data, which reveals the complex heart the Butterfly Nebula. More details here:
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/physics/news...
27.08.2025 08:46 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Department of Physics at the European Astronomical Society Meeting
Researchers from Maynooth University's Department of Physics and the Centre for Astrophysics and Space Science Maynooth took part in the European Astronomical Society (EAS) annual meeting, held in
Check out this article written by one of #MUPhysics very own interns, Kelly Menendez, about our recent attendance at the European Astronomical Society Meeting in UCC. It was a great opportunity to meet new people and see what's happening across Europe. Find the article below! @maynoothuniversity.ie
14.07.2025 10:18 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The Department of Physics open day stand. An Infrared camera is connected to a PC to demonstrate the Physics of Infrared light.
We're all set for tomorrow's @maynoothcao.bsky.social open day. Drop by our stand upstairs in the TSI building where staff and students from @MU-physics will be on hand to answer all your questions about physics at @maynoothuniversity.ie
27.06.2025 14:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Very proud of our staff and students representing @mu-physics.bsky.social and volunteering (green t-shirts!) at @eas-meeting.bsky.social #EAS2025 this week
24.06.2025 19:06 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to @mu-physics.bsky.social astrophysicists Emma Whelan, Sean Mills, Aparna Unni and Noah Otten who gave talks at the "Accretion Bursts in Protostars: Illuminating the Path of Star Formation" session at @eas-meeting.bsky.social in @ucc.ie
24.06.2025 18:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tiny ‘primordial’ black holes created in the Big Bang may have rapidly grown to supermassive sizes
"Primordial black holes, if they exist, will be hiding in the extremes!"
Check out this article by space.com about a recent paper published by some of MU Physics very own researchers!
This paper discussed the formation and possible rapid growth of primordial black holes in the early universe.
www.space.com/astronomy/bl...
19.06.2025 15:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Join us today in TSI for our Guiding Lights event! A great chance to hear about the career and experiences of our speakers. All are welcome and snacks are free!
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08.05.2025 08:08 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Brian also got to try his hand at a bit of hurling!
16.04.2025 12:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On Tuesday, Brian delivered the 2025 FSE Dean's Lecture, titled "The Universe from Beginning to End", walking the audience through the journey that brought us to our current understanding of the Cosmos and discussing some of the mysteries that still remain 🌌
16.04.2025 12:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This week we received a visit from Prof Brian Schmidt, one of the three recipients of the shared 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, for his work on discovering the expansion of the universe through observations of distance supernovae. Here are some highlights from Brian’s visit to Maynooth!
16.04.2025 12:24 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
three people stand together outdoors with hands folded in front of them.
Maynooth University was delighted to welcome Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Professor Brian Schmidt for the Faculty of Science and Engineering’s Dean’s Lecture, delivered to a full house at the TSI Building on Monday evening.
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www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
15.04.2025 12:04 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A fantastic turnout this evening for the 2025 FSE Dean's Lecture where Prof Brian Schmidt, Nobel Laureate, is describing the universe from beginning to end. @maynoothuniversity.ie
14.04.2025 17:50 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
What we know (and don't know) about the cosmos
Guests:
Dr Laura Hayes
Dr Shane Bergin
Brian Schmidt
📻Listen back: Prof Brian Schmidt featured on Futureproof and discusses what we know and don’t know about the cosmos, ahead of his Dean’s Lecture today on campus. 🌌
www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/wha...
14.04.2025 10:26 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Maynooth University welcomes the news that Ireland’s application to join the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has been accepted in principle.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-scie...
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19.02.2025 16:02 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Welcome to the Maynooth University Department of Physics BlueSky account
26.11.2024 17:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Building a national quantum communication infrastructure for Ireland. Co-funded European Commission and Irish Government project, led by Walton Institute, SETU, on behalf of CONNECT, Trinity College Dublin, with a consortium of partners.
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Breaking Down Barriers in #STEM 💙🚀 A joint initiative by
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We are a research-intensive university and, as such, research and scholarship are fundamental to our mission.
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