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![If aliens use Twitter would you send them a Tweet?ˆà What would you write to beings from another star in just 144 characters?ˆà You now have the chance to do […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/image-of-M13-115x115.jpg "Are Aliens On Twitter?")
![Now that summertime in the Northern hemisphere is in full swing a whole new batch of constellations can be seen in the south. Although the òÀØlate birdsòÀÙ among us […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/image-of-Ring-Nebula-115x115.jpg "Wonders of the July Night Sky")
![Our image this month shows a pair of NASA astronauts boarding a brand new spacecraft (at last). On 13 June 2013, Cady Coleman and Ricky Arnold stepped through a hatch […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Image-of-Orion-crew-module-115x115.jpg "Astronauts Boarding Orion Spacecraft: Image of the Month")
![What does the word òÀÜRingòÀÝ conjure up in your head? Maybe you think wedding ring, boxing ring, Ring Ring, the ABBA song, or perhaps even battered onion ringsòÀæ. Mmmm that […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image-of-Saturn-115x115.jpg "SaturnòÀÙs Amazing Rings")
![Looking up in to the night sky itòÀÙs not difficult to see why the ancient Greeks believed that all the stars in the night sky were fixed on a celestial […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image-of-magellanic-clouds-115x115.jpg "How Far Away is the Farthest Star?")
![It is probably every rookie astronautòÀÙs nightmare, and probably even a veteran astronautòÀÙs nightmare…scratch that itòÀÙs probably every single astronaut’s biggest fear that their spacecraft is destroyed whilst out on […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image-of-Orbital-Space-Debris-115x115.jpg "The Dangers of Space Travel")
![With the longest day of the year imminent for those of us in the northern hemisphere, we will no doubt be hoping to enjoy a little more sunshine and warmth […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Stell_NP_Hercules-and-Draco-115x115.jpg "June Night Sky Wonders")
![Tachyons, hypothetical sub-atomic particles which travel faster than light, once attracted a lot of publicity yet we do not hear much discussion of them today. Whatever happened to tachyons? […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/image-of_fomalhaut_system-115x115.jpg "What Ever Happened to Tachyons?")
![NASA wants to find an asteroid, capture it, bring it towards us and send it into an orbit around our Moon. This isnòÀÙt a plot for a new Hollywood Blockbuster […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/image-of-Astronaut-on-asteroid-115x115.png "How NASA Will Catch an Asteroid")
![On 4 May 2013 astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn left the warmth and atmosphere of the International Space Station to repair a leak of ammonia coolant from the ISS. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/image-of-exp35-eva-115x115.jpg "Orbital Mechanics: Image of the Month")
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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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