Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, I’m Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the Planetarium’s 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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Featured Stories
The Dragons of Armagh Planetarium
Armagh Planetarium hosted an amazing week-long live theatre performance of the Dragons of Azrael in conjunction with the Department of Culture, Arts and leisure’s Creativity Month. Creativity month is an…
Comet ISON Puts on a Show for Hubble: Image of the Month
Comet ISON may be the greatest comet of this century as it skims through the atmosphere of the Sun this autumn. The Hubble Space Telescope has just the best image…
Editors' Picks
ALMA: Everything You Need to Know About Europe’s Giant Eye on the Sky
Have you ever wished you could hop into a time machine, zip back billions of years and answer one of the age old questions that have plagued mankind from the…
Whatever Happened to Biosphere 2?
Many of us may recall captivating images of an enormous glass and steel superstructure making the headlines in the 90’s, along with the tale of eight human test subjects who…
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Cosmology
The Oldest Light in the Universe: Image of the Month
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Comets and Asteroids
What Killed the Dinosaurs?
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Weird and Fun
The 10 Best Space and Astronomy Sites on the Internet
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Comets and Asteroids
Where and When to See Comet PANSTARRS
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Monthly Sky Notes
March Sky Wonders
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Planets
10 Amazing Photos Taken from the International Space Station
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Concept Spacecraft
Dennis Tito’s Mars Mission: Possible but Pointless
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Nebulae
Stellar Nursery NGC 6357: Image of the Month
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Armagh Planetarium
Telescope nights at Armagh Planetarium
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Concept Spacecraft
Spacesuits of the Future
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