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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Moon Archive
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A Rolling Stone on the Moon: Image of the Month
Posted on February 16, 2012 | 2 CommentsOnce, in complete silence, a large boulder rolled down a slope on the central peak of the Moon’s Schiller crater. This rock is about 9m (30ft) across, meaning that it... -
Image of the Month: Helene
Posted on November 18, 2011 | No CommentsHelene is a tiny moon of Saturn that shares an orbit with the much larger moon Dione. Helene reposes at a gravitationally stable position called a Lagrange point. Helene orbits... -
Image of the Month: Tycho Crater’s spectacular central peak
Posted on July 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe peak at the centre of Tycho Crater on our Moon has been imaged by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. Let’s take a look at this spectacular mountain of the... -
Phobos: ESA’s daring encounters
Posted on September 24, 2010 | No CommentsIn March 2010 that superb but underappreciated probe Mars Express made a series of very close passes by the Martian moon Phobos. On one occasion it came as close...