SET #1:60-Second Earth ~ Discovery Now ~ The Event^Horizon!
SET #2:60-Second Space ~ EarthSky ~ TalkingSpace
SET #3:60-Second Space ~ AAAS Science Update ~ PREMIERE! Spaceflight Observer
SET #4:60-Second Science ~ A Moment of Science ~ PREMIERE! Spaceflight Observer
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AFM’s Tavi Greiner right smack dab in the middle of one of this year’s major astronomy discoveries – supernova PTF 11kly, spotted in the near-by Pinwheel Galaxy (M101).
It’s the closest supernova of its type since 1986, and astronomers from around the Earth – and in space – are racing to see it. The supernova was first spotted by the Palomar Transient Factory survey, and Tavi has been credited by the IAU as providing the first confirmation. The supernova (given the temporary name PTF 11kly) is of the type Ia, a critical “standard candle” tool used by astronomers to measure the size and expansion of the Universe.
Also on today’s Event^Horizon: Hurricane Irene, Global Warming, Diamond Planet Discovered, & A Black Hole Devours a Star!
Tonight’s Event^Horizon is hosted by Rob Keown and Michael Foerster, joined by our newest celebrity – Mighty Supernova Hunter Tavi Greiner! (Our regular Event^Horizon hosts, Nick Evetts and Marty Kunz, are expected to return next week.)
From the edge of reality, and looking
past the abyss, you will find….
The Event^Horizon!
This week on the Horizon ~ ASTRONOMY DAY, with our special guest is Rickey Ainsworth, Assistant Astronomy Day Coordinator for the Astronomical League. Ainsworth is the Manager of the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium (Grand Rapids Public Museum, Michigan USA). Rickey joins Marty and Nick in exploring Astronomy Day around the world!
On this evenings Event Horizon, Marty Kunz and Nick Evetts was joined by Paul Harper aka HonorarySpock (from UBS), to talk about a famous historical astronomer, Sir William Herschel and his sister Caroline Herschel.
Here are some of the links from the radio programme:
Join Event Horizon host, Nick Evetts, on Sunday, August 15th, 2010 at 1900 GMT / 3 PM EDT, when he is joined by citizen scientist Hanny van Arkel on AFM*Radio.
Van Arkel is the discoverer of “Hanny’s Voorwerp,” a mysterious extra-galactic object 700 million light-years distant. She discovered the object by participating in “Galaxy Zoo,” a citizen science initiative to catalog millions of celestial objects, mostly galaxies.
Nick will be asking questions about her discovery, as well as the Galaxy Zoo project. You, too, can ask questions via the Astronomy.FM chatroom and Twitter!
Replays can be heard during the next 24 hours, with a podcast available shortly thereafter!
NOTE: To view the When Planets and Particles Collide presentation, log -in to the Adobe Connect room as a “guest”. You can then listen via the room audio or through AFM*Radio. If you choose to listen via AFM*Radio, don’t forget to mute your Adobe Connect sound.
SET #1: 60-Second Earth ~ Discovery Now ~ The Event^Horizon!
