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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![Happy New Year! Welcome to January 2016, and if you havenòÀÙt made a New YearòÀÙs resolution yet (or you have made one but want to sneakily change it,) why not […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image-of-Winter-Circle-115x115.png "The January 2016 Night Sky")
The January 2016 Night Sky
Posted on January 7, 2016 | 6 CommentsHappy New Year! Welcome to January 2016, and if you havenòÀÙt made a New YearòÀÙs resolution yet (or you have made one but want to sneakily change it,) why not […] -
![It is widely accepted that our Solar System was created about 4.6 billion years ago based on dating of meteorites. Scientists believe the Solar System formed when a cloud of […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image-of-protoplanetary-disc-115x115.jpg "The Grand Tack")
The Grand Tack
Posted on September 11, 2015 | 2 CommentsIt is widely accepted that our Solar System was created about 4.6 billion years ago based on dating of meteorites. Scientists believe the Solar System formed when a cloud of […] -
![As the festive period is here once again, a lot of social gatherings and family time are part of the itinerary for most. So this year instead of telling the […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image-of-lots-of-planets-115x115.jpg "Top 20 Awesome Facts About Space")
Top 20 Awesome Facts About Space
Posted on December 19, 2014 | 73 CommentsAs the festive period is here once again, a lot of social gatherings and family time are part of the itinerary for most. So this year instead of telling the […] -
![Once we believed we lived in an absolutely typical planetary system. Around the Sun, small rocky planets huddle close in taking months or years to complete an orbit while huge […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image-of-kepler-10c-115x115.jpg "Kepler-10c: the First Mega-Earth")
Kepler-10c: the First Mega-Earth
Posted on June 4, 2014 | 1 CommentOnce we believed we lived in an absolutely typical planetary system. Around the Sun, small rocky planets huddle close in taking months or years to complete an orbit while huge […] -
![The year 2014 could see the first 3D printer brought into space, the first fare-paying passengers leave Planet Earth on the Virgin Galactic and the first test mission of a […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/image-of-Bruce-McCandless-115x115.jpg "2014òÀ’s Space Odysseys")
2014òÀ’s Space Odysseys
Posted on January 8, 2014 | 2 CommentsThe year 2014 could see the first 3D printer brought into space, the first fare-paying passengers leave Planet Earth on the Virgin Galactic and the first test mission of a […] -
![The discovery of new planets beyond our Solar System has further expanded on what we thought we knew about what is out there. These distant extrasolar planets or exoplanets have […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/image-of-Kepler-62f-115x115.jpg "Exoplanets Glossary")
Exoplanets Glossary
Posted on September 27, 2013 | 5 CommentsThe discovery of new planets beyond our Solar System has further expanded on what we thought we knew about what is out there. These distant extrasolar planets or exoplanets have […] -
![òÀÜMars is red, Earth is Blue, WeòÀÙve discovered lots of new worlds, And one of them is blue too!òÀÝ So IòÀÙm not a poet and I definitely know it! Nevertheless, […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/blue-exoplanet-115x115.jpg "The Blue Planet")
The Blue Planet
Posted on August 30, 2013 | 1 CommentòÀÜMars is red, Earth is Blue, WeòÀÙve discovered lots of new worlds, And one of them is blue too!òÀÝ So IòÀÙm not a poet and I definitely know it! Nevertheless, […] -
![Zeta Reticuli, a dim binary system of Sun-like stars only 39.5 light years away in the little constellation of Reticulum is strangely well-known. Why is it so famous? This system […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Image-of-zeta-reticuli-115x115.png "The Truth About Zeta Reticuli")
The Truth About Zeta Reticuli
Posted on May 9, 2013 | 111 CommentsZeta Reticuli, a dim binary system of Sun-like stars only 39.5 light years away in the little constellation of Reticulum is strangely well-known. Why is it so famous? This system […] -
![If you find yourself in the great outdoors any evening during May and itòÀÙs a cloudless night, turning your eyes towards the heavens could be an unusually interesting way for […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Image-of-southern-sky-115x115.jpg "May 2013 Night Sky Wonders")
May 2013 Night Sky Wonders
Posted on May 2, 2013 | 2 CommentsIf you find yourself in the great outdoors any evening during May and itòÀÙs a cloudless night, turning your eyes towards the heavens could be an unusually interesting way for […] -
![From early civilizations until today man has sought to explore and discover what is beyond our world. From the ancient discovery of the wandering stars to the thousands of potential […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Image-of-mariner-at-mars-115x115.jpg "8 Phantom Moons and Planets")
8 Phantom Moons and Planets
Posted on February 8, 2013 | 1 CommentFrom early civilizations until today man has sought to explore and discover what is beyond our world. From the ancient discovery of the wandering stars to the thousands of potential […]