Our Galaxy Archive
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![Could HIP 13044 b be the strangest exoplanet yet found? We are getting used to the discoveries of bizarre exoplanets but newly-discovered world HIP 13044 b not only survived the […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/image-of-HIP-13044-b-115x115.jpg "ESO finds weird doomed planet from another galaxy")
ESO finds weird doomed planet from another galaxy
Posted on November 19, 2010 | 1 CommentCould HIP 13044 b be the strangest exoplanet yet found? We are getting used to the discoveries of bizarre exoplanets but newly-discovered world HIP 13044 b not only survived the […] -
![Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have been looking ten thousand years into the future of the vast globular cluster Omega Centauri. Nearly 16 000 light years from Earth, Omega […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/image-of-omega-centauri-sta-115x115.jpg "Hubble Space Telescope sees into the future")
Hubble Space Telescope sees into the future
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsUsing the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have been looking ten thousand years into the future of the vast globular cluster Omega Centauri. Nearly 16 000 light years from Earth, Omega […] -
![Gorgeous! Spectacular! Awesome! What else can I say about this stunning Turneresque image of the Lagoon Nebula (M8)? A typical stellar nursery, M8 lies about 4300 light years (1320 parsecs) […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/image-of-Lagoon-nebula-115x115.jpg "Hubble images the spectacular Lagoon Nebula")
Hubble images the spectacular Lagoon Nebula
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 1 CommentGorgeous! Spectacular! Awesome! What else can I say about this stunning Turneresque image of the Lagoon Nebula (M8)? A typical stellar nursery, M8 lies about 4300 light years (1320 parsecs) […] -
![What is light? Here’s an easy introduction to the electromagnetic spectrum all the way from radio waves to gamma rays. Before the modern era of technological astronomy, to know anything […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/diagram-of-electromagnetic-spectrum-115x115.jpg "What is light?")
What is light?
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 4 CommentsWhat is light? Here’s an easy introduction to the electromagnetic spectrum all the way from radio waves to gamma rays. Before the modern era of technological astronomy, to know anything […] -
![It is difficult to look at this Hubble Space Telescope image of the nebula NGC 2467 without thinking about what it would be like to fly through it. It is […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/image-of-nebula-NGC-2467-115x115.jpg "What would you see flying through a nebula?")
What would you see flying through a nebula?
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 2 CommentsIt is difficult to look at this Hubble Space Telescope image of the nebula NGC 2467 without thinking about what it would be like to fly through it. It is […] -
![Imagine that once the Sun sets, rather than a dark sky sprinkled with a few thousand dim stars, we had a sky blazing with ten thousand or so stars blazing […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Image-of-the-NGC-3603-Young-Cluster-115x115.jpg "Hubble shows us a spectacular star cluster")
Hubble shows us a spectacular star cluster
Posted on October 1, 2010 | No CommentsImagine that once the Sun sets, rather than a dark sky sprinkled with a few thousand dim stars, we had a sky blazing with ten thousand or so stars blazing […] -
![Here’s how rainbows are made. Some 13.7 billion years ago, a mere millionth of a second after the Big Bang, the first hydrogen and helium nuclei condensed out of a […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/image-of-a-rainbow-115x115.jpg "Following a rainbow back to the Big Bang")
Following a rainbow back to the Big Bang
Posted on September 27, 2010 | No CommentsHere’s how rainbows are made. Some 13.7 billion years ago, a mere millionth of a second after the Big Bang, the first hydrogen and helium nuclei condensed out of a […] -
![That amazing instrument, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), has just celebrated its twentieth anniversary since it was placed in orbit. Since then, (after a rocky start, remember that dodgy mirror?) […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Image-of-the-mystic-mountain-115x115.jpg "Hubble’s view of the Mystic Mountain")
Hubble’s view of the Mystic Mountain
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 1 CommentThat amazing instrument, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), has just celebrated its twentieth anniversary since it was placed in orbit. Since then, (after a rocky start, remember that dodgy mirror?) […]