2016
![Mercury Transit 2016](/schools/media/Media,664323,en-750x375.jpg)
Mercury Transit | 29 April, 2016
Public viewing of the transit of the planet Mercury across the Sun on 9 May, plus public Lecture on Gravitational Waves.
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![Rosetta jets](/schools/media/Media,680428,en-750x499.jpg)
Royal Society Summer Exhibition | 23 May, 2016
QUB Astronomers are part of the team that presenting our new-found knowledge about comets at the Royal Society in London this summer.
![Formulae and equations on a traditional blackboard](/schools/media/Media,551356,en-750x499.jpg)
NBFAS meeting | 23 May, 2016
The next meeting of NBFAS will take place on 30 and 31st May at Queen's University Belfast.
![2016 Bates Lectures imProf Sandro Stringari next to a series of wave patternsage](/schools/media/Media,670547,en-750x375.jpg)
The 2016 David Bates Lectures | 23 May, 2016
We are delighted to announce the 2016 David Bates Lectures, which will be given by Prof Sandro Stringari (INO-CNR BEC Center & Universita’ di Trento) on 24-26 May 2016.
![Host for 2016 Mathsweek Event](/schools/media/Media,727447,en-750x480.jpg)
MathsWeek Ireland 2016 | 18 October, 2016
This year as part of MathsWeek Ireland we will be hosting a Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival at Queen's.
![Julia Robinson with students in a Math Festival group photo](/schools/media/Media,728500,en-750x466.jpg)
31 October, 2016
![Hamilton Prize winner 2017 Thomas Mellon posing with presenters](/schools/media/Media,729612,en-750x426.jpg)
7 November, 2016
![Belfast High students winning the Maths Competition in 2016](/schools/media/Media,734935,en-750x420.jpg)
Mathematics Competition 2016 | 23 November, 2016
2016 Schools Mathematics Competition
![John Bell - Quantum Physicist](/schools/media/Media,727029,en-750x421.jpg)
John Bell Day 2016 | 23 November, 2016
John Bell Day at Queen's University Belfast 2016