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![A rare astronomical event due to occur in the late 1970s inspired the desire to send a spacecraft to the most distant planets in our Solar System and beyond. That […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image-of-voyager-spacecraft-115x115.jpg "Voyager Goes Interstellar")
![Students in Northern Ireland hoping for careers in the exciting and increasingly important space sector now can pursue a course targeting their needs. The Council for the Curriculum Examinations & […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Image-of-starforming-region-115x115.jpg "Northern Ireland’s New Space Science Technology Course")
![Ukrainian astronomers have discovered a ˆà410 m (1350 ft) wide asteroid passing through the constellation of Camelopardalis (the Giraffe). This chunk of rock and metal ˆàcould be back in EarthòÀÙs […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image-of-Pulp-O-Mizer_rogue-asteroid-115x115.jpg "2013 TV135: Just Another Doomsday Asteroid")
![New research and findings are coming to light suggesting that that we Earthlings might just all really be descended from Martians instead ofˆà that fell down to Earth on a […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image-of-Mars-115x115.jpg "Living on the Red Planet")
![òÀÜDouble Hubble toil and trouble…òÀ݈à -While some stargazers will recognise the slight liberty taken with the witchesòÀÙ famous words ˆàin ShakespeareòÀÙs òÀØMacbethòÀÙ, more than a double take of Hubble telescope […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image-of-Ghost-like-nebula-115x115.jpg "October Night Wonders")
![The discovery of new planets beyond our Solar System has further expanded on what we thought we knew about what is out there. These distant extrasolar planets or exoplanets have […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/image-of-Kepler-62f-115x115.jpg "Exoplanets Glossary")
![So, last year I compiled a top 10 list of the best Space/Astronomy gifts which you can view by clicking here.ˆà I was so looking forward to receiving my Sheldon […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/image-of_Belt-of-Orion-115x115.jpg "Top 10 Astronomy and Space Gifts for Christmas 2013")
![Located 12 million light years away in the direction of the constellation Ursa Major, Messier 82 is sometimes called the òÀØCigar GalaxyòÀÙ from its shape. M82 it is too faint […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/image-of-M82-from-the-HST-115x115.jpg "The Mystery Object of M82")
![Although the back-to-school month may see many of us locked away in òÀØdarkened roomsòÀÙ on more than one occasion, where curtains are left open we may just find our rooms […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/image-of_M39-115x115.jpg "September Night Sky Wonders")
![I am sure it is every Star Wars fanòÀÙs dream for the Star Wars Galaxy to be a reality! Imagine the possibilities; thousands of species that could share information; millions […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/image-of-Milky_Way_Galaxy-artist-impression-115x115.jpg "The Star Wars Galaxy")
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Hello, IòÀÙm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumòÀÙs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views 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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