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It’s the beautiful clear morning of 6 June 2012 here in Armagh and the Sun is rising into a cerulean blue sky.But look closer, and you can see a tiny...0May 1, 2012

8 Facts You Need to Know About the 2012 Transit of Venus

It’s the beautiful clear morning of 6 June 2012 here in Armagh and the Sun is rising into a cerulean blue sky.But look closer, and you can see a tiny…

Today Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky is an unmistakable blue-white in colour although it does twinkle a lot and can appear to change colour. However no one...0April 27, 2012

The Other Sirius Mystery: Red or White

Today Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky is an unmistakable blue-white in colour although it does twinkle a lot and can appear to change colour. However no one…

Our Image of the Month was released to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and is a striking panoramic look at a stellar nursery which is...0April 20, 2012

Image of the Month: The Tarantula Nebula

Our Image of the Month was released to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and is a striking panoramic look at a stellar nursery which is…

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It’s the end of the world as we know it….or maybe not. Predictions of the end of the world have often been made throughout history.  However, few have captured the...1April 19, 2012

2012: It’s not the End of the World!

It’s the end of the world as we know it….or maybe not. Predictions of the end of the world have often been made throughout history.  However, few have captured the…

In the upcoming weeks you will be hearing in the news the words “Dragon Spacecraft”, so Sinead McNicholl has the full story on what exactly this new vehicle is and...0April 12, 2012

2012: Year of the Dragon?

In the upcoming weeks you will be hearing in the news the words “Dragon Spacecraft”, so Sinead McNicholl has the full story on what exactly this new vehicle is and…

Three years later after the first men walked on the Moon, the Apollo 16 mission, launched 16 April 1972 ,  landed men on the moon successfully for the fifth time...3April 3, 2012

Apollo 16: 40 Years On

Three years later after the first men walked on the Moon, the Apollo 16 mission, launched 16 April 1972 ,  landed men on the moon successfully for the fifth time…