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# pluto - Sunday 19 July, 2015
Scientists are on the cusp of these 11 discoveries that will transform the world
Many of the devices that power our everyday lives would have been unimaginable a century ago.
# pluto - Wednesday 15 July, 2015
# pluto - Tuesday 14 July, 2015
This simple GIF shows you everything we learned about Pluto today
Plucky little Pluto.
Take a look at Pluto as you've never seen it
As no-one has ever seen it really – NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is currently as close to the distant (former) planet as any probe in history.
# pluto - Saturday 11 July, 2015
Nasa just released the clearest photo you've ever seen of Pluto
It has never been seen in such detail.
# pluto - Sunday 21 June, 2015
The final approach to Pluto: We live in very exciting times for space exploration
In less than one month, on 14 July, New Horizons will make its closest approach to Pluto.
# pluto - Friday 17 January, 2014
Column: Why is Pluto not a planet?
Most of us grew up learning that there were nine planets in the Solar System. But why did Pluto get demoted? Conor Farrell explains how our understanding of the icy body changed.
# pluto - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
What would you call Pluto's two smallest moons?
The SETI Institute are giving the public the chance to choose the names of the moons referred to now as P4 and P5.
# pluto - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
Astronomers get rare glimpse of icy, dwarf planet
‘Makemake’ is one of five dwarf planets known to exist on the edge of our Solar System – but very little has been known about it until this point.
# pluto - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
Hubble telescope spots fifth moon near Pluto
The irregular-shaped moon is less than 23 km wide, according to NASA. No wonder they never spotted it before now…
# pluto - Tuesday 6 December, 2011
'New Earth' found in distant solar system
Nasa has called the discovery of Kepler 22-b a “major milestone on the road to finding Earth’s twin”.
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Poll: Should Ireland only fund Olympic sports where we have the best chance of winning?
IRISH ATHLETES WINNING medals at the Olympic Games is as wonderful as it is rare.
On the all-time list of medal-winning countries we come in about 60th place, depending on what exactly you’re counting.
As a small country it’s clearly very hard for Ireland to compete with the big nations but one of the suggestions that’s been put forward is only funding the sports where we have the best chance of winning.
It’s a model adopted by the similarly-sized New Zealand that has proved very successful in recent years.
In the latest episode of our Ireland 2029 podcast series, we take a look at whether Ireland could go down that route and what advantages and disadvantages there are to it.
But are the Olympics all about winning, or is taking part important too?
Poll: Should Ireland only fund Olympic sports where we have the best chance of winning?
Poll Results:
No (5509)
Yes (2539)
Don't know (296)
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Simon Coveney: The backstop is overwhelmingly supported. This gets little recognition in the UK Brexit debate
By Simon Coveney - @simoncoveney
A hard Brexit, if the UK chooses one, will be ugly and difficult, says the Tánaiste.
'Collecting the school voluntary contribution is an unwanted and stressful obligation on principals'
By Joseph A Moynihan
As things stand, the contribution is needed to keep school doors open, writes Joseph A Moynihan.
Katy Hayward: Why we should take note of the unexpected in Boris Johnson's letter to Donald Tusk
By Katy Hayward - @hayward_katy
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