Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs 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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![Comet Elenin is coming!WeтАЩre doomed!That is if you believe everything you see on the internet.Comet EleninтАЩs approach has been all but ignored by the mainstream media, and into this vacuum […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/image-of-Hartley2-comet-nucleus-115x115.jpg "10 Facts You Need to Know About Comet Elenin")
10 Facts You Need to Know About Comet Elenin
Posted on May 31, 2011 | 324 CommentsComet Elenin is coming!WeтАЩre doomed!That is if you believe everything you see on the internet.Comet EleninтАЩs approach has been all but ignored by the mainstream media, and into this vacuum […] -
![Comet Tempel 1 is by far the most closely studied comet in history. We saw it up close for the first time in July 2005, when NASA’s Deep Impact mission […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Image-of-Tempel1-nucleus-115x115.jpg "Return to Comet Tempel 1")
Return to Comet Tempel 1
Posted on February 19, 2011 | No CommentsComet Tempel 1 is by far the most closely studied comet in history. We saw it up close for the first time in July 2005, when NASA’s Deep Impact mission […] -
Hartley 2: What has the Deep Impact flyby shown us?
Posted on November 5, 2010 | No CommentsNASA’s Deep Impact probe flew past comet Hartley 2 and revealed a odd-looking peanut-shaped nucleus. What are the first impressions from these exciting images? Only about a mile (1.6 km) […] -
![We all know how the Sun, our Earth and the rest of the Solar System condensed out of a vast protoplanetary disc some 4.5 billion years ago. There were some […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Image-of-Venus-115x115.jpg "Moses, Joshua and the wandering planet")
Moses, Joshua and the wandering planet
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 1 CommentWe all know how the Sun, our Earth and the rest of the Solar System condensed out of a vast protoplanetary disc some 4.5 billion years ago. There were some […] -
![At first glance Gliese 710 is not a very distinguished star. A K7 class orange dwarf a bit more than half as massive as the Sun, it currently lies about […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/When_Worlds_Collide_Book_Cover-115x115.jpg "Will a rogue star cause chaos in the Solar System?")
Will a rogue star cause chaos in the Solar System?
Posted on September 22, 2010 | No CommentsAt first glance Gliese 710 is not a very distinguished star. A K7 class orange dwarf a bit more than half as massive as the Sun, it currently lies about […]