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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Science Fiction Archive
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Another Earth?
Posted on September 26, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe belief that mankind is unique in our universe has not been proven otherwise. So what if one day we discover we as humans are not one of a kind,... -
Apollo 18: Astronotes Goes to the Movies!
Posted on September 6, 2011 | 14 CommentsApollo 18, a movie hybrid of horror and science fiction is stirring up a lot of interest. Your intrepid reporter decided to see what the fuss was about. Here is... -
Apollo in Hollywood: 8 Moonlanding Movies
Posted on June 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsUnlike previous voyages of exploration, humanity’s first steps on the Moon did not inspire great works of art and literature. In fact Project Apollo has rarely even intruded in to... -
The Science of Green Lantern
Posted on May 9, 2011 | 7 CommentsGreen Lantern has for decades guarded Earth and beyond from evil in the pages of comic books but the cosmic superhero is about to face his greatest challenge: can he... -
Apollo 18: the truth about the lost Moon missions
Posted on February 22, 2011 | 118 CommentsApollo 18 is a SF/Horror movie presented as newly-found film footage taken by the crew of a lost 1970s lunar landing mission. The Apollo 18 film uses real NASA movie... -
Battle LA: More dodgy alien invaders
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 7 CommentsAlready Hollywood is planning next year’s marketing offensive on our wallets. One planned blockbuster for summer 2011 is Battle:LA in which extraterrestrial invaders spread alarm and dismay in southern California.... -
HP Lovecraft: The man who saw horror in the cosmos
Posted on October 29, 2010 | 4 CommentsAs it’s Halloween, we examine the life and works of HP Lovecraft, author of horror classics including ‘The Call of Cthulhu’ and ‘The Shadow over Innsmouth’. How did his lifelong... -
Ministry of Space: Warren Ellis’ future that wasn’t
Posted on September 22, 2010 | No CommentsIf you read the forums and the comments sections of blogs about spaceflight you will see many posts bemoaning how the conquest of space hasn’t quite gone according to plan....