When the first module of the International Space Station (ISS) launched from Kazakhstan in 1998, humans just had a small orbiting home, about the size of a bus. Over the past two decades it has expanded beyond recognition, and is Read more…
If you are a professional astronomer working on this island, then all roads lead to Armagh for you this Autumn! AOP and the City of Armagh are proud to be hosting the Irish National Astronomy Meeting or INAM from the Read more…
President John F Kennedy’s speech to the United States’ Congress on the 25th of May 1961 encapsulates the romanticism that has adorned the endeavour of space exploration to this day. A President asking the representatives of his people to fund Read more…
We don’t like to think about it, but the world will end one day. It is likely to be engulfed by the Sun as it expands into a red giant star 6 billion years from now, but whether humans survive to see that day is Read more…
Hello stargazers! We are just past mid-summer; September is looming around the corner but fear not – we have another lovely month of summertime stargazing to enjoy before the sun-soaked (for some) season fades away. Stargazing during August will be Read more…
Armagh Observatory & Planetarium Logo Moon Competition Winners Reach for the Stars New moon logo marks launch of Armagh Observatory & Planetarium’s ‘One Giant Leap’ Summer Programme celebrating 50 years since the Apollo 11 lunar landing Armagh Observatory & Planetarium Read more…
Armagh to host Moon-landing weekend spectacular on July 20-21 Cathedral City to showcase Luke Jerram’s giant-sized lunar sculpture at special two-day ‘Museum of the Moon’ festival event on the Mall next month Armagh has joined an elite group of cities Read more…
Armagh Observatory & Planetarium launches major event programme to mark 50 years since Apollo moon landing Armagh Observatory and Planetarium starts official count down to new ‘One Giant Leap’ summer programme of events to mark man’s pioneering space adventure Mankind’s Read more…
Article by Professor Michael Burton, Director of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium July 20, 2019 marks 50 years from the day Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon, humanity’s first foot steps on another world. As much an awe inspiring feat Read more…
Our final piece in our Astronomy & You series is a fascinating piece on lab astrophysics and the discovery of buckminsterfullerene (c60) by Armagh Observatory and Planetarium’s own Michael Burton. He is our Director and before coming to Armagh was Read more…