Ireland Senior Cycle

In 2017, the Liverpool Telescope was involved in the investigation of an exciting new discovery: the star system TRAPPIST-1.

The ocean’s tides rise and fall every day, but have you ever wondered what causes them? The Moon and Sun both play a role in shaping the movement of water across the Earth. 

An Orrery is a moving, mechanical model of the Solar System. It shows how all of the planets orbit around the Sun.

A satellite is an object which orbits another. An orbit is the curved path that an object in space takes around another object.

You have likely heard about the Universe expanding. Or that redshift can tell us about the movements of galaxies. Both are difficult ideas to imagine and understand.