Welcome to Astronotes
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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Postcards from Mars
Posted on September 9, 2011 | 3 CommentsNASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned thousands of fascinating images of our neighbouring world, here is a selection some of the most striking and thought-provoking (false colour) images. Part of […] -
The Truth about Life on Mars (Part 3)
Posted on August 11, 2011 | 1 Comment“Is there life on Mars?” More than fifty years into the Space Age and there still is no definitive answer. Completing our series of posts on this mystery, we look […] -
Mars: Summer’s Salty Tears?
Posted on August 5, 2011 | No CommentsCould water be streaming down Martian mountainsides? This startling vision may be a reality according to recent results from NASA’s MRO spacecraft. Here is the latest on the waters of […] -
Comet Elenin Images from STEREO-B spacecraft
Posted on August 3, 2011 | 72 CommentsThe approaching Comet Elenin has triggered suspicious and fearful speculation among some observers. A contribution to this brouhaha has been the lack of images of this visitor from deep space, […] -
Vulcan: the Solar System’s Ghost Planet
Posted on July 19, 2011 | 4 CommentsWe have been celebrating the first Neptunian year since the discovery of the eighth (and as far as we know last) planet in the Solar System. NeptuneòÀÙs discovery was a […] -
Happy Birthday Neptune!
Posted on July 18, 2011 | 2 CommentsNeptune, furthest planet from the Sun is celebrating its first birthday. It has been known ˆàto humans for only a single Neptunian year. Neptune, which is not visible with the […] -
Image of the Month: Tycho Crater’s spectacular central peak
Posted on July 4, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe peak at the centre of Tycho Crater on our Moon has been imaged by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. Let’s take a look at this spectacular mountain of the […] -
Ice Worlds: A Cool New Show at Armagh Planetarium
Posted on June 20, 2011 | 1 CommentIce Worlds, one of Armagh PlanetariumòÀÙs Digital Theatre shows for Summer 2011, is a thrilling tour through space and time showcasing some of the most beautiful and chilly regions of […] -
Vesta comes into view
Posted on June 14, 2011 | No CommentsNASAòÀÙs Dawn spaceprobe is approaching the asteroid Vesta. At a distance of 483 000 km, the spacecraft has made images rivalling the best Hubble Space Telescope views of this fascinating […]