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physics

The Future

Space Guns!

Have you ever stopped and really thought about the possibility of finding life in the universe or maybe that extra-terrestrial life finding us! And then, when they find us, what if they aren’t exactly friendly and they want our planet for some super evil plan so they decide to have Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 7 yearsAugust 11, 2015 ago
Robot Exploration

How Did New Horizons Get to Pluto so Quickly?

Our Solar System is vast. We on Earth cruise around the Sun in an orbit with a radius of about 150 million km (93 million miles), but the most distant planet, Neptune, is about thirty times further from the Sun. Enormous distances and the limitations of rocketry means reaching the Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 7 yearsJune 5, 2015 ago
Concept Spacecraft

NASA’s Space Drive Experiments: The Plot Thickens

A research group called the Eagleworks at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas is tasked with investigating novel space propulsion techniques. These include both warp drive concepts to enable faster than light travel and reactionless drive schemes where electric power is converted directly into thrust. If proven, these concepts would Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 7 yearsMay 11, 2015 ago
The Future

2015’s Space Odysseys

Although not quite the ’12 days of Christmas’ gift inventory’, the following checklist should give us a quick peak at some significant events connected with space that we can look forward to witnessing from early 2015, as well as giving us an opportunity to recall other great space dates whose Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 7 yearsJanuary 22, 2015 ago
Sun

All you need to know about Sunspots

The ancient Chinese thought they were stars inside a solar orb. The Aztecs thought their Sun god had pockmarks on his face. A Renaissance astronomer thought they were undiscovered planets. Some believe they are the cause of climate change or the reason for loss of signal or a “static” on Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 8 years ago
Concept Spacecraft

No, NASA has not verified an impossible space drive!

June 2014 saw excited reports that NASA was working on a faster than light warp drive starship. Astonishingly, weeks later we are being told that NASA has also successfully tested a device which could push along a space vehicle without consuming any propellant. If true, this would be an astonishing Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 8 yearsAugust 4, 2014 ago
Concept Spacecraft

No, NASA is not building a warp drive starship!

There has been a lot of excitement over reports that NASA is developing a faster than light starship propelled by a warp drive capable of making journeys to nearby stars in mere weeks. There are even very pretty artist’s impressions of the hypothetical craft. Is a wonderful space operatic future Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 8 yearsJune 13, 2014 ago
Telescopes and Observatories

JWST: A Giant Cyclops to Reveal the Depths of Space

While HST’s successor is named after the architect of the revolutionary Apollo Moon missions, an obvious tribute to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s second administrator, James E. Webb, the name given is perhaps also symbolic of the aspirations of all those involved in the project, that with the telescope’s Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 8 yearsJune 10, 2014 ago
UFOs and Fringe Science

Was NASA Technology Predicted in Ancient Indian Writings?

Is it possible that ancient cultures 7000 years ago knew how to create flying machines to traverse the sky and beyond using a technology that NASA engineers are still trying to harness today? The first artificial satellite launched famously into orbit was the Russian satellite Sputnik, in 1957. Prior to Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 8 yearsMay 28, 2014 ago
Earth Satellites

JWST: Finding Space for Hubble’s Successor

Although the concept of something being “there” but being hidden from our eyes under the cover of darkness is one that has disturbed usually one or other of us once upon a time, when it comes to space it’s hard to find an idea that thrills scientists and astronomers more. Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 8 yearsMay 21, 2014 ago

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