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Earth Satellites

Earth Satellites

5 Satellites You Should Know About

Juno NASA’s Juno Spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral August 5th 2011, beginning its long journey to the mighty gas giant Jupiter with the aim to reveal and understand the formation and evolution of the planet. Juno was equipped with many scientific instruments to investigate the existence of a rocky inner Read more…

By Ria Mee, 2 yearsOctober 9, 2020 ago
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Ireland’s First Satellite in Testing

Ireland’s entry into the space race is now at the testing phase. Preparatory testing for the space mission, EIRSAT-1, is taking place at the ESA’s Hertz antenna test chamber in Noordwijk, Holland. Educational Irish Research Satellite 1 is being built by students and staff of University College Dublin and Queens University Read more…

By Sinead Mackle, 2 yearsJune 18, 2020 ago
Earth Satellites

30 Years of Hubble!

Today marks the 30th birthday of The Hubble Space Telescope (HST). On the 24th of April 1990 NASA launched Hubble into low earth orbit and it is still up there today! Hubble has allowed us to see deep within the caverns of space, revealing the most incredible and famous images Read more…

By Courtney Allison, 2 yearsApril 24, 2020 ago
Earth Satellites

Earth has a new tiny moon!

So as it turns out, we have had a secret, tiny moon lurking around our planet for potentially up to 3 years – and we had no idea! It’s not surprising we missed it – it’s no Europa for sure. It’s so small it is invisible to the naked eye. Read more…

By Courtney Allison, 2 yearsMarch 3, 2020 ago
Earth Satellites

Armagh astronomers study solar explosions

AOP researchers have used data from a NASA space mission to shed light on one of the most violent phenomena in our solar system – magnetic explosions on the surface of the Sun. Abhishek Srivastava, formerly a research associate at AOP and now a solar scientist at the Indian Institute Read more…

By Apostolos Christou, 3 yearsDecember 19, 2019 ago
Earth Satellites

Starlink: Good or Bad?

There’s been a lot of controversy over the effect of SpaceX and Elon Musk’s plans to move the internet into space. We take a look at what this really means. You might have seen articles in the news recently about SpaceX’s new Starlink constellation of satellites. Planned to offer high Read more…

By Tom Watts, 3 yearsDecember 5, 2019 ago
Earth Satellites

Uniting for Space

As it is Good Relations Week here in Northern Ireland, we are covering the history of international relations within the context of space. More specifically; how the backdrop of global relations and newly formed Russia worked together with their former rival The United States of America to build the first Read more…

By Courtney Allison, 3 yearsSeptember 19, 2019 ago
Earth Satellites

5 Things To Thank The International Space Station For

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 now an orbiting science laboratory that is literally out of Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 3 yearsAugust 14, 2019 ago
Earth Satellites

Radio Astronomy & Wi-Fi

Continuing our weekly Astronomy & You series we have an article explaining the invention of Wi-Fi from Tony Beasley. Tony is an IAU member and is President of Commission B4 Radio Astronomy within the organisation. Tony is also the Director of The National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the USA. The history Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 3 yearsJuly 11, 2019 ago
Earth Satellites

Grid Computing & Astronomy

Continuing our weekly series on the application of astronomy to technology, we have an piece written by Dmitrij Bisikalo; Professor at The Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Astronomy and the President of the International Astronomical Union’s Commission B1 on Computational Astrophysics. In this piece, he outlines the link between Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 3 yearsMay 16, 2019 ago

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    This week Heather and Courtney interview Armagh Observatory PhD Candidate Kerem Çubuk on his area of research - molecular clouds! Turns out we can't escape the cloudy conditions, even millions of lightyears away.  Kerem and his colleagues also have a Youtube Channel dedicated to science communication in Turkish. To find out more, visit ahtapot.club 
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Hello and welcome to Astronotes, the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium’s official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from all those who work in our organisation, 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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