Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs 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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![2011 will be a year of exciting and historic upcoming events in space exploration. It is is also a significant anniversary year of some triumphs and tragedies in space history. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/image-of-Juno-probe-115x115.jpg "2011’s Space Odysseys")
2011’s Space Odysseys
Posted on January 12, 2011 | 1 Comment2011 will be a year of exciting and historic upcoming events in space exploration. It is is also a significant anniversary year of some triumphs and tragedies in space history. […] -
![Already Hollywood is planning next year’s marketing offensive on our wallets. One planned blockbuster for summer 2011 is Battle:LA in which extraterrestrial invaders spread alarm and dismay in southern California. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Image-of-Inside_Saturns_Rings-115x115.jpg "Battle LA: More dodgy alien invaders")
Battle LA: More dodgy alien invaders
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 7 CommentsAlready Hollywood is planning next year’s marketing offensive on our wallets. One planned blockbuster for summer 2011 is Battle:LA in which extraterrestrial invaders spread alarm and dismay in southern California. […] -
![As it’s Halloween, we examine the life and works of HP Lovecraft, author of horror classics including The Call of Cthulhu and The Shadow over Innsmouth. How did his lifelong […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Image-of-plutos-surface-115x115.jpg "HP Lovecraft: The man who saw horror in the cosmos")
HP Lovecraft: The man who saw horror in the cosmos
Posted on October 29, 2010 | 7 CommentsAs it’s Halloween, we examine the life and works of HP Lovecraft, author of horror classics including The Call of Cthulhu and The Shadow over Innsmouth. How did his lifelong […] -
![It is 14 November 2019 and the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, when humans first walked on another world, has been and gone but today a new […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Image-of-Plymouth-rock-asteroid-mission-115x115.jpg "Could we visit an asteroid in the next ten years?")
Could we visit an asteroid in the next ten years?
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 6 CommentsIt is 14 November 2019 and the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, when humans first walked on another world, has been and gone but today a new […] -
![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. […] -
![In the early 1960s, the sky had no limits for NASA . Planners for the agency foresaw an ever-expanding future of exploration through the Solar System. Some amazing missions were […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Image-of-shuttle-and-manned-booster-115x115.jpg "Mars by ’85? NASA’s alternative history")
Mars by ’85? NASA’s alternative history
Posted on September 27, 2010 | 11 CommentsIn the early 1960s, the sky had no limits for NASA . Planners for the agency foresaw an ever-expanding future of exploration through the Solar System. Some amazing missions were […] -
![“Rods from God” is the nick-name given to a hypothetical orbital weapon for bombarding targets on the Earth from space. Just how feasible is this concept? There are undeniable […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/image-of-MIRVtest-115x115.jpg "Rods from god: a terrifying space weapon?")
Rods from god: a terrifying space weapon?
Posted on September 27, 2010 | 69 Comments“Rods from God” is the nick-name given to a hypothetical orbital weapon for bombarding targets on the Earth from space. Just how feasible is this concept? There are undeniable […] -
![The late ’50s and ’60s were a different time from the anxious era that is today. Nuclear power and space travel were both cool and wonderful new technologies. The […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Image-of-Moon-from-ISS-115x115.jpg "The amazing Aldebaran spacecraft")
The amazing Aldebaran spacecraft
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe late ’50s and ’60s were a different time from the anxious era that is today. Nuclear power and space travel were both cool and wonderful new technologies. The […] -
![On 10 March 2010, I gave a talk covering the big picture to the IAA. I dealt with huge expanses of time from the distant past to the far future. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image-of-M57-from-HST-115x115.jpg "The end of the world")
The end of the world
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 1 CommentOn 10 March 2010, I gave a talk covering the big picture to the IAA. I dealt with huge expanses of time from the distant past to the far future. […] -
![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 […]