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International Dark Matter Day
Abell S1063, a galaxy cluster, was observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope as part of the Frontier Fields programme. The huge mass of the cluster acts as a cosmic magnifying glass and enlarges...
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The 2018 Robinson Lecture: Professor Louise Harra tells us about how...
The 2018 Robinson Lecture will be given by Professor Louise Harra of University College London. Her topic is about the Solar Orbiter, a new spacecraft to be launched to study the Sun. It will be held...
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Telescopes and Satellites for studying the Sun
After telling us about the Sun, in part two of this posting Armagh astronomer Gerry Doyle takes us through the telescopes and satellites being used to study the Sun. The Solar Physics community needs...
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Comet Watch – Work experience students spy on comets using GOTO
Article Written by Gavin Ramsay Comets have been known for millennia with Halley’s Comet famously being shown in the Bayeux Tapestry illustrating events which took place in 1066. They were also thought...
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Lough-Neagh sized pool of liquid water found on Mars
Article written by: Tolis Christou Astronomers now know many hundreds of planets orbiting other stars in our Galaxy. These show an incredible amount of diversity in their basic properties such as size...
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Interesting facts about the life on the International Space Station
Article written by: Dr. Yanina Metodieva Have you ever wondered what is it like to live in space? How you put things down when there’s no ‘up’ or ‘down’? How do you sleep when nothing holds you to your...
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On the retirement of Kepler
Article written by: Gavin Ramsay, Resident Astronomer Armagh Observatory and Planetarium NASA has announced the retirement of the Kepler spacecraft. After launch in March 2009, it began a continuous...
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Insight on InSight
Article written by: Apostolos Christou, resident Astronomer at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Some seven months ago, a NASA spacecraft called InSight was launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket and headed...
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5 Awesome Satellites
Article Written by: Heather Alexander Satellites, our lives wouldn’t be complete without them. Since the beginning of the Space Race, Satellites have become a major part of how we observe our Solar...
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Gault – the amazing disintegrating asteroid
Article by Armagh Astronomer Tolis Christou Imagine being outdoors on a sunny day, following the Sun as it rises from the east, heading towards the south and then on towards the west where it sets....
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