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# Space

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WATCH: Check out this livestream of the solar eclipse
This Irish space balloon mission captured stunning photos of the earth this week
Offaly was once the centre of the world for stargazing - today it takes a giant leap back there
Chinese students are living in a cabin for 200 days to simulate living on the moon
Jupiter's Great Red Spot has just been snapped from above and the images are stunning
'I didn't want to be known as the person who broke something on the Hubble telescope'
European Space Agency gives go-ahead for Ireland's first satellite
An unmanned US military spacecraft spent 718 days orbiting Earth in secret mission
'That's fantastic': Record-breaking astronaut receives congratulatory call from Donald Trump
Check out these incredible images of US National Parks - from eye level and space
A massive asteroid is going to come 'very close' to Earth today
Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth tomorrow
'Life is left up to you': NUIG researcher delves into her Mars simulation mission
A Trinity professor will play a big role in space exploration
Two space tourists are going on a trip around the moon next year
Irish Rail couldn't afford a warehouse and it could derail Dart underground
Irish students to talk to astronaut in live chat from space
The last man to walk on the moon has died
Watch: SpaceX rocket makes textbook touchdown on droneship
China wants to go back to the moon and it could happen as soon as next year
There are 2,076 black holes lurking in this photo of deep space
Plans for human community on Mars pushed back by five years
As the moon rises over Ireland at 5pm, it will be the biggest it's been in 68 years
First woman to ever pilot a space shuttle on how she almost accidentally endorsed Donald Trump
Analysis: Leinster's ability to exploit space trumps sloppy Munster
Six people just completed a year in a Hawaii dome all in the name of science
Scientists have found a new planet that bears an uncanny resemblance to Earth
Scientists simulating Mars mission can't wait for isolation to be over
An Irish doctor has been picked by NASA to live under the sea
After five years, a NASA spacecraft has reached Jupiter
British astronaut lands safely on Earth after historic six-month Space trip
Scientists have discovered three "potentially habitable" planets
Is your phone's space filling up too quickly? This is how you take back control
Take a break and watch this mesmerising solar flare footage in ultra HD
Take a break and watch the spectacular northern lights from space
Nasa has found eight "potentially hazardous asteroids" - but we don't need to worry
A dad in Dublin discovered his four-year-old son had series linked The Angelus
VIDEO: The world's first virtual reality rollercoaster has arrived
WATCH: Spacecraft blasts off in new mission to search for life on Mars
Take a break and watch the only total solar eclipse of 2016