Exploration
# exploration - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Rabbitte: No point comparing Ireland’s oil prospects to Norway’s
The Minister for Communication and Natural Resources has said a Norwegian-style 80 per cent tax on oil finds would not work, saying: “We’re comparing apples with oranges.”
# exploration - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
NASA has watched the sun for three years…here’s what it has seen
Scientists are using the data in their efforts to predict space weather.
# exploration - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
‘Several hundred million barrels’ of oil may lie in new Petrel site off Kerry
Petrel Resources says it is holding talks with prospective partners after a second site in the Porcupine Basin suggests oil.
# exploration - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Life on Mars: it was possible
Nasa Curiosity Rover, which is living on the Red Planet, has taken samples of rock for analysis by scientists back home.
# exploration - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
Providence surrenders licence for site off coast of Dublin
The company said the government in 1999 failed to transpose EU legislation into law which left it open to legal challenges.
# exploration - Friday 18 January, 2013
More positive results from tests at Monaghan gold mine site
Results mean that processing of the gold should go more smoothly.
# exploration - Saturday 1 December, 2012
Natural gas field in west Clare confirmed as prospective fracking site
UK-based company Enegi will now apply to the government for an exploration license before the end of February next year.
# exploration - Friday 23 November, 2012
UN Special Rapporteur “concerned” about Shell to Sea protesters
Margaret Sekaggya said there is “tangible frustration amongst local residents who are standing up for their rights”.
# exploration - Saturday 6 October, 2012
Why we should be concerned about oil drilling in the Arctic
A land grab for oil and gas reserves is happening in the Arctic states – but the scenario of an oil leak there could be catastrophic for everyone.
# exploration - Monday 10 September, 2012
Shell to Sea claims ‘devastating mismanagement’ of oil and gas resources
The group has released a report saying exploration companies believe oil and gas within Irish waters is worth €1.6 trillion.
# exploration - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
The first song played on another planet is…
(Mars, we’re sorry.) What would you have picked to be the first song from space?
# exploration - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Tuesday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# exploration - Sunday 26 August, 2012
VIDEO: Neil Armstrong recounts his 1969 visit to the moon
The late astronaut spoke to the BBC about his lunar experiences in the months following his return from the Apollo 11 mission.
# exploration - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
NASA reports damage to Curiosity wind instrument
The rover is being put through its paces ahead of its first drive on Mars today.
# exploration - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Curiosity rover prepares to zap Mars rocks and hit the road
Researchers will be carrying out tests in the coming days to prepare the rover for its first journey across the surface of Mars.
Here is the week’s news… skewed
BREAKING via The Mire wire: The GAA dismisses reports of vajazzling – and the Mars Curiosity rover faces a hostile reaction from the natives.
# exploration - Friday 10 August, 2012
New licence could extend Cork’s potential oil field
Providence Resources says its been offered a licensing option for another 500 sq km beside the Barryroe oil field.
# exploration - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
Another oil or gas discovery off the west Cork coast?
Exploration company Providence has said that there is significant potential in one of its licence areas in the Porcupine Basin.
# exploration - Tuesday 7 August, 2012
In photos: NASA’s Curiosity sends first pictures from Mars
Rover snaps its surroundings…
# exploration - Monday 6 August, 2012
VIDEO: The happiest group of NASA employees you’ll see today
Mars Landing! Whoo!
In pics: Missions to Mars through the years
As NASA lands a new exploratory probe on Mars, TheJournal.ie takes a look back over previous Mars missions…
# exploration - Saturday 4 August, 2012
Google and NASA offer virtual tours of the Kennedy Space Centre
NASA gave Google Maps photographers unprecedented access to the centre.
# exploration - Monday 30 July, 2012
Astronaut Sally Ride sparks posthumous debate on coming out
The first American woman in space kept her coming out until her self-penned obituary. Some wish she’d done it earlier.
# exploration - Sunday 29 July, 2012
Frank Hurley’s Antarctica: images of early 20th century polar exploration
The Australian photographer travelled to Antarctica six times, including as part of the ill-fated Endurance expedition led by Shackleton.
# exploration - Saturday 28 July, 2012
Life on Mars: how close are we to living in space?
Mankind’s fascination with space has long sparked fantasies of living away from Earth, but is this any closer to becoming a reality?
# exploration - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
Cork oil estimates trebled to over 1.6 billion
Providence Resources has said that between 1 and 1.61 billion barrels of oil are in place at the Barryroe field.
# exploration - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
First US woman astronaut in space dies aged 61
Sally Ride was the only person to serve on the investigations into both the Challenger and Columbia disasters.
# exploration - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
Explore Antarctica…from your couch
Or desk, or kitchen table…from wherever you want really as Google Streetview has just launched new views of the lonely continent today.
# exploration - Friday 6 July, 2012
Out of This World Pic of the Day
A view from Mars.
# exploration - Sunday 1 July, 2012
In photos: NASA’s aeronautical research centre as it was in the 1920s
Langley Research Center was founded in 1917 and later became famous as the site where the first moon landing was planned.
# exploration - Saturday 30 June, 2012
In photos: Chinese astronauts crash land after almost two weeks in space
The three astronauts landed safely in Inner Mongolia yesterday.
# exploration - Sunday 24 June, 2012
Chinese astronauts make first successful docking with space lab
The docking was a significant moment for China, which is aiming to build a space station by 2020.
# exploration - Thursday 14 June, 2012
Bulgaria relaxes fracking restrictions
Bulgarian legislators voted today in favour of relaxing a ban on the controversial natural gas drilling method.
# exploration - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
NASA refines Mars landing – but brings it closer to dangerous landing zone
‘Curiosity’ is set to land on the red plant in early August.
# exploration - Wednesday 30 May, 2012
NASA prepares to launch mission to hunt down black holes
High energy X-ray vision will be used in new orbiting telescope to “open a whole new window on the universe”.
# exploration - Tuesday 22 May, 2012
Second time lucky: NASA launches SpaceX rocket headed for ISS
Saturday’s first attempt at a launch was abandoned after engine trouble – but no such problems this time, with a payload of food – and 300 temporarily spacebound astronomy buffs.
# exploration - Saturday 19 May, 2012
VIDEO: ISS cargo rocket fails on launch
The SpaceX mission was to be the first attempt by private US companies vying to take over the supply route following the end of NASA’s shuttle missions.
# exploration - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Gold diggers: Gold discovered in Wicklow hills (possibly)
Connemara Mining carried out a survey from the air of Wexford and Wicklow – and says it thinks there could be gold deposits in the area.
# exploration - Wednesday 9 May, 2012
Report calls for ‘clear and transparent’ policies on Irish gas and oil
Oireachtas Committee report on offshore exploration says tax on petroleum finds should be raised.
Oireachtas report due on Ireland’s offshore oil and gas exploration
Joint committee recommendations to focus largely on a fair and equitable tax regime for the petroleum industry.
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