Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, IòÀÙm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumòÀÙs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. We hope you will come here to learn what is hot and exciting, profound or even weird from worlds beyond ours . So that's the introduction out of the way, now on with the Universe!
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![Comet Elenin is coming!WeòÀÙre doomed!That is if you believe everything you see on the internet.Comet EleninòÀÙs approach has been all but ignored by the mainstream media, and into this vacuum […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/image-of-Hartley2-comet-nucleus-115x115.jpg "10 Facts You Need to Know About Comet Elenin")
10 Facts You Need to Know About Comet Elenin
Posted on May 31, 2011 | 324 CommentsComet Elenin is coming!WeòÀÙre doomed!That is if you believe everything you see on the internet.Comet EleninòÀÙs approach has been all but ignored by the mainstream media, and into this vacuum […] -
![The Zodiacal light is a rarely seen yet intriguing spectacle in a dark sky. Sinead McNicholl reveals the connection between the zodial light and a famous rockstar! Have you ever […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Image-of-Zodiacal_Light-115x115.jpg "Have you seen the Zodiacal Light?")
Have you seen the Zodiacal Light?
Posted on February 18, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe Zodiacal light is a rarely seen yet intriguing spectacle in a dark sky. Sinead McNicholl reveals the connection between the zodial light and a famous rockstar! Have you ever […] -
![NASA’s next manned spacecraft will be the Orion, a capsule which will be carried into space by a rocket. Weighing 25 tonnes, each Orion will carry up to six people. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Image-of-Orion-nuclear-rocket-115x115.jpg "Project Orion: the incredible nuclear spacecraft")
Project Orion: the incredible nuclear spacecraft
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 3 CommentsNASA’s next manned spacecraft will be the Orion, a capsule which will be carried into space by a rocket. Weighing 25 tonnes, each Orion will carry up to six people. […] -
![I’d like to tell you that I’m on the surface of an asteroid called Itokawa. I travelled there on a Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency mission called Hayabusa and was left […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Image-of-asteroid-Itokawa-115x115.jpg "How you can leave your name on other worlds!")
How you can leave your name on other worlds!
Posted on October 1, 2010 | No CommentsI’d like to tell you that I’m on the surface of an asteroid called Itokawa. I travelled there on a Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency mission called Hayabusa and was left […] -
![We all know how the Sun, our Earth and the rest of the Solar System condensed out of a vast protoplanetary disc some 4.5 billion years ago. There were some […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Image-of-Venus-115x115.jpg "Moses, Joshua and the wandering planet")
Moses, Joshua and the wandering planet
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 1 CommentWe all know how the Sun, our Earth and the rest of the Solar System condensed out of a vast protoplanetary disc some 4.5 billion years ago. There were some […] -
![Venus was once thought to be a lush, life-bearing planet, but modern research has revealed an utterly lethal world. What perils await explorers of “Earth’s evil twin”? Is there […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/esa-venus-115x115.jpg "How Venus will kill you in less than 10 seconds")
How Venus will kill you in less than 10 seconds
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 8 CommentsVenus was once thought to be a lush, life-bearing planet, but modern research has revealed an utterly lethal world. What perils await explorers of “Earth’s evil twin”? Is there […] -
![Saturn: the Blue Planet? The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the secrets of the giant planet. This false colour image from the Hubble Space Telescope not only shows Saturn in […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/heic1003a_01-115x115.jpg "Hubble sees Saturn in a new light")
Hubble sees Saturn in a new light
Posted on September 17, 2010 | No CommentsSaturn: the Blue Planet? The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the secrets of the giant planet. This false colour image from the Hubble Space Telescope not only shows Saturn in […]