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Human Exploration

Asteroid Mining, the Next Frontier

It is common knowledge that the Earth is running out of resources, we’re constantly plagued with images and statistics supporting renewable energy and changing our way of thinking but what if we gathered resources from Space and gave the Earth a break from human pillaging? This is an idea from Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 5 yearsSeptember 22, 2017 ago
Stars

Faulkes Telescope Project Converted Northern Irish School Students Into Astronomy Stars

During our school days, children in the developing and developed world could not even dream about getting a chance to look through a professional telescope; forget about playing with it for real observations! Those days, only the best professional astronomers/astrophysicists had access to such telescopic sites and networks. However one Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 5 years ago
Comets and Asteroids

The Truth About the “September 2015 Asteroid Impact”

Maybe you have seen one of the alarming videos or emails circulating around the internet claiming that the End is Nigh. The claim is that an enormous dinosaur-killer of an asteroid is going to smash into the Earth sometime between 15-28 September 2015. The scary predictions say that the asteroid Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 8 yearsJune 29, 2015 ago
Science Fiction

The Space Science behind Avengers: Age of Ultron

It is already one of the biggest films to hit cinemas this year, and if you haven’t seen Avengers: Age of Ultron yet, then I urge you to go and see it. Not only is it a brilliant action film, there is also a fantastic piece of space science involved Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 8 yearsJune 2, 2015 ago
December

Stargazing in December

The December skies mark my favourite time of the year for stargazing. Despite the cold weather, the skies promise the best opportunities to see what lies beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. So pour yourself a hot chocolate, wrap up in warm clothes and head outside to witness the night sky’s wonders. Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 8 yearsDecember 5, 2014 ago
May

Stargazing in May

Looking south from Northern Ireland after sunset in the middle of May and you will see there is a parade of planets dominating the sky.   On 15 May 2014 about 10.30pm, sweep westwards from the rising full Moon in the east to pale yellowish Saturn lying in the constellation Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 years ago
Comets and Asteroids

VP113 Comes Out of the Darkness

One of the latest members of the Solar System to be discovered, 2012 VP113 is a tiny isolated world in the outer Solar System. It’s attracting attention as it could one day help lead astronomers to discover a whole new planet.   Flying outward from the Sun, away from the Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 yearsApril 2, 2014 ago
Comets and Asteroids

Rings Around an Asteroid

Asteroids, chunks of rock and metal orbiting the Sun, were once considered “vermin of the skies” by astronomers. This disparaging  term originated when a long-exposure image of a deep sky object on a glass plate was ruined by the trail of a distant asteroid moving across the sky. Yet today Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 yearsMarch 28, 2014 ago
Comets and Asteroids

2013 TV135: Just Another Doomsday Asteroid

Ukrainian astronomers have discovered a  410 m (1350 ft) wide asteroid passing through the constellation of Camelopardalis (the Giraffe). This chunk of rock and metal  could be back in Earth’s neighbourhood in 2032. Even though there are well over 10000 other known near-Earth objects, predictably parts of the internet and Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 yearsOctober 18, 2013 ago
Concept Spacecraft

How NASA Will Catch an Asteroid

NASA wants to find an asteroid, capture it, bring it towards us and send it into an orbit around our Moon. This isn’t a plot for a new Hollywood Blockbuster starring Bruce Willis, this is an idea that NASA is seeking funding for. It is hoped that this venture will Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 10 yearsMay 24, 2013 ago

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Welcome to Astronotes

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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