January 27th, 2012 by Tavi Greiner

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 – FRIDAY, JANUARY 27

Today’s Radio Schedule at a GLANCE:

SET #1: 60-Second Earth ~ Discovery Now ~ Astronomy.FM*AstroClass

SET #2: 60-Second Health ~ EarthSky ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ NASA@Nite!

SET #3: 60-Second Mind ~ AAAS Science Update ~  Slacker Astronomy

SET #4: 60-Second Science ~ A Moment of Science ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ Astronomy Cast ~ BONUS! Distillations

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Under British Skies – Episode 21 – Phobos-Grunt and BBC Stargazing Live

January 23rd, 2012 by Richie Jarvis

In this months episode, we talked about the crash of the Russian Phobos-Grunt probe, BBC Stargazing Live, and the upcoming Astrofest.  We also welcomed Jenny Winder, our new Skyguide to the Under British Skies team.

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 21 Shownotes

The UBS team

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AFM Welcomes New Team Members!

January 17th, 2012 by Tavi Greiner

Astronomy.FM is pleased to announce three new team members: Craig Levin as a Website Editor, John James as our Klout and Empire Manager, and John Richards as our Twitter Manager. (Watch for their bios on our new Meet the Team section, coming soon.) Welcome to all three – we look forward to a fun outreach journey in the months ahead!

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AFM Welcomes New SkyGuide!

December 19th, 2011 by Tavi Greiner

Astronomy.FM welcomes Jenny Winder (@astrojenny) to the AFM SkyGuide team, as the newest member of the Under British Skies crew. Jenny is an amateur astronomer, a music lover, a bookworm, and a science writer for Urban Times. You can hear her, here, every third Sunday of the month, at 2000 GMT / 3pm EST!

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Under British Skies – Episode 20 – Hanny’s Voorwerp

December 19th, 2011 by Richie Jarvis

Under British Skies interviewed the lovely Hanny Van Arkel, and learnt all about her work with the Voorwerp and the Peas.  We also talked about BBC Stargazing Live, and what events the Under British Skies team are involved in.

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 20 Shownotes

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AFM’s “The Event^Horizon”, 2011.12.03: Dragons & Red Galaxies

December 3rd, 2011 by Rob Keown
Space-X's Dragon Capsule with solar array displayed.

Space-X's Dragon Capsule

SkyGuides Marty Kunz, Nick Evetts, John Schroer and Paul Harper discuss the world of Astronomy and Space including:

  • Preparations for the Space-X Dragon spacecraft's first-ever docking with the ISS
  • A strange new species of ultra-red galaxies
  • GREPnova
  • The origin of our oceans from dwarf-planet Pluto's realm

The crew takes questions from the chat room and keeps us up-to-date with the Universe(s) as we know it(them)! Click below for show links and notes.

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AFM’s Space Pirate Radio 2011.12.01: Three’s Company

December 1st, 2011 by Michael Foerster

Diane has taken the night off, so Marty (with fellow mutineers Nick and Paul) review the Sun and planets tonight. Can amateurs observe exoplanets M42 the great nebula in Orion? And laptop computer use in the field.

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AFM’s The Event^Horizon! 2011.11.26: Trek Trivia

November 26th, 2011 by Michael Foerster

Tonight on The Event^Horizon Nick and Marty start out with a little bit of StarTrek trivia. Spoof a few causes for Phobos-Grunt not going to Mars. Leading to Curiosity”s Launch. Ending with a discussion on the best way to explore Mars

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