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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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![XS-1: Spaceplane of the Future? The good news first: a major aerospace contractor is researching how to build a reusable spaceplane that could dramatically cut the cost of accessing low Earth orbit. Now the bad […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image-of-Northrop_Grumman_XS1-boster-115x115.jpg)
![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 […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image-of-icy_surface_of_enceladus-115x115.jpg)
![11 Strange Facts You DidnòÀÙt Know About the First Moon Landing We all know of the pioneering journey of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the sometimes forgotten third astronaut Michael Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin were the first astronauts to successfully land […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image-of-apollo_11_flag-raising-115x115.jpg)
![Stargazing in August In August the Summer Triangle continues to dominate the seasonal sky. This classic asterism is defined by three bright stars of the constellations Cygnus, Aquila and Lyra, these are the […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image-of-lyra-115x115.png)
![JWST: Profile of a Master Telescope In many walks of life a single concerted effort to achieve the impossible will usually encounter opposition on all sides, however it appears that this reality is little diminished when […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Image-of-_JWST-115x115.jpg)
![Stargazing in July Looming large in the after dark southern sky in July is the large and overlapping but often overlooked constellations of Ophiuchus and Serpens. Lacking outstandingly bright stars these òÀÜtwo for […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image-of-SN1604-115x115.jpg)
![Satellites: Everything You Need to Know òÀÜMan must rise above Earth, to the top of the atmosphere and beyond, for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he livesòÀÝ Socrates (circa 399BC). Of […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image-of-Sputnik1-115x115.jpg)
![Apollo 11: the First Lunar Landing In July 1969, those who could gathered around available television sets and radios for the moment that human life would leave their first trace on the Moon. At 0256 GMT […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image-of-Aldrin-saluting-the-U.S.-Flag-115x115.jpg)
![Women in Space When asked about famous astronauts, children can usually name the big hitters such as the humble Neil Armstrong and his co-lunar lander Buzz Aldrin. Some can even throw in for […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/featured-image-115x115.jpg)
![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 […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image-of-NGC-3572-115x115.jpg)

