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Hubble images orphan star

Astronomers in search of really, really big stars look to the Tarantula Nebula. Also known as 30 Doradus (or even NGC 2070), this is a very active star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (about 170 000 light years from us). Just how big are the stars in the Tarantula? Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 years9 years ago
UFOs and Fringe Science

Not even wrong

The 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 we need to know! What if everything you thought you knew was wrong? We at Armagh Planetarium occasionally receive astonishing Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 years4 years ago
Exoplanets

COROT-7b: Exoplanet with a sky made of stone

About 490 light years from our planet in the constellation of Monoceros lies a G type star designated COROT-7. A little smaller and dimmer than our Sun, this star is circled by at least two planets, one of which, COROT-7b, is the most similar exoplanet to Earth yet discovered.   Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 years4 years ago
IMAGE of manned orbiting laboratory
Science Fiction

Ministry of Space: Warren Ellis’ future that wasn’t

If 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. By now, rocket-launched capsules ought to have been rapidly superseded by reusable spaceplanes, spacestations should be huge wheel-shaped things, people Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 years5 years ago
Exoplanets

Exoplanet HD 209458b: A planet that thinks it’s a comet

Some 150 light years from Earth in the constellation of Pegasus lies the star HD 209458 and its planetary system. The star is almost a clone of our own Sun, but one its planets is completely unlike anything in our Solar System. The exoplanet HD 209458b has a mass more Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 years9 years ago
Other Galaxies

Cannibal galaxy ESO 306-17 eats its neighbours!

‘ Elliptical galaxy ESO 306-17 looks rather pretty in this Hubble Space Telescope image (count how many other galaxies there are in the background!). However beautiful though it may be, this galaxy could be a ravenous cannibal! ESO 306-17 is isolated in the intergalactic void possibly because it has swallowed Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 years8 years ago
Planets

Hubble sees Saturn in a new light

Saturn: the Blue Planet? The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the secrets of the giant planet. This false colour image from the Hubble Space Telescope not only shows Saturn in an unfamiliar light, but displays some of the giant planet’s features. The image was created in early 2009, when Saturn Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 years9 years ago

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