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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Astronauts, Aeroplanes and UFOs
Posted on July 30, 2012 | 6 CommentsUnidentified Flying Objects seem to be here to stay.Once, I wrote a piece Revealed: 5 secret solutions to the UFO mystery which I hoped would be my last word on... -
Did aliens build the pyramids?
Posted on July 3, 2012 | No CommentsMankind is responsible for numerous achievements in technology, arts and science.However, how much can this attributed solely to the human mind or is there another reason man has achieved such... -
2012: It’s not the End of the World!
Posted on April 19, 2012 | 3 CommentsIt’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... -
The Truth about Betty Hill’s UFO Star Map
Posted on August 19, 2011 | 25 CommentsOn a dark September night in 1961, Barney and Betty Hill had a frightening experience in the mountains of New Hampshire. Later they came to believe that they had been... -
The Truth about Life on Mars (Part 3)
Posted on August 11, 2011 | No Comments“Is there life on Mars?” More than fifty years into the Space Age and there still is no definitive answer. Completing our series of posts on this mystery, we look... -
10 Facts You Need to Know About Comet Elenin
Posted on May 31, 2011 | 318 CommentsComet Elenin is coming!We’re doomed!That is if you believe everything you see on the internet.Comet Elenin’s approach has been all but ignored by the mainstream media, and into this vacuum... -
Revealed: 5 secret solutions to the UFO mystery
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 8 Comments“I was looking into the sky and I’ve seen something strange …what was it?” Around the world observatories, planetariums and science museums, regularly encounter questions like this. Most often these... -
Rods from god: a terrifying space weapon?
Posted on September 27, 2010 | No Comments“Rods from God” is the nick-name given to a hypothetical orbital weapon for bombarding targets on the Earth from space. Just how feasible is this concept? There are undeniable... -
Moses, Joshua and the wandering planet
Posted on September 24, 2010 | No CommentsWe all know how the Sun, our Earth and the rest of the Solar System condensed out of a vast protoplanetary disc some 4.5 billion years ago. There were some... -
Not even wrong
Posted on September 22, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe Truth is out there? Conspiracy theories and pseudoscientific ideas abound. If there is life on other planets or the Universe popped into existence only a few thousand years ago...