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

We've joined the Mauve Science Programme! This collaboration is led by our very own Dr Emma Whelan here at #MUPhysics. Watch this space for some fascinating research and an insight into how stars are formed! Check out the details below ✨
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✨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:
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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

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

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

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

Find the paper itself here on the Arxiv! Titled "Primordial black holes in cosmological simulations: growth prospects for supermassive black holes". Definitely a great read for anyone interested in cosmology!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.11233

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.
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We're incredibly proud to be taking part in this years Micro-Internship Programme, through the National Science Museum here at Maynooth. We have two interns starting with us, Adam and Ciara, and they have some great stuff planned. Watch this space!
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Technicians from @maynoothuniversity.ie and #Mu_physics are attending the All-Ireland Technical Staff Conference at Queens University in Belfast today.

It's the last day of teaching here at #MUPhysics and we're very sad to be saying goodbye to our amazing final year students. We had a great cohort this year and we're wishing them well in their upcoming exams. Here are some highlight from this past year ✨

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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Brian also got to try his hand at a bit of hurling!

We had a great variety of research on display! Here are just some of the projects our students presented.

On Wednesday, Brian paid a visit to the Science Museum here in Maynooth to chat with some of our undergrad, postgrad, and postdoc students about their own research. This was a great opportunity for our students to present their work to a Nobel Prize-winner!

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 🌌

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!

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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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

📻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. 🌌

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Maynooth University welcomes the news that Ireland’s application to join the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has been accepted in principle.

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