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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Today’s Radio Schedule at a GLANCE:

SET #1: 60-Second Earth ~ Discovery Now ~ Astronomy Out & About

SET #2: 60-Second Mind ~ EarthSky ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ Planetary Radio ~ BONUS! AAAS Science Update

SET #3:  60-Second Science ~ AAAS Science Update ~ Big Picture Science!

SET #4: 60-Second Tech ~ A Moment of Science ~ 365 Days of AstronomyScience Talk ~ BONUS! WHYY SkyTalk

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Under British Skies – Episode 20 – Hanny’s Voorwerp

Monday, December 19th, 2011

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

The UBS team

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AFM’s Under British Skies 2011.11.21: Episode 19 EXTRA! – BBC Stargazing Live

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Iin an Under British Skies “Extra”, Richie interviews Paul Vanezis, one of the producers of the BBC program “Star Gazing Live” – the BBC needs our help

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: http://nebul.ae/afm/Episode19/UnderBritishSkies-Episode19Shownotes.pdf

The UBS team

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AFM’s Under British Skies 2011.11.21: Episode 19 – What has ESA ever done for us?

Monday, November 21st, 2011

In a word: LOTS!  Paul and Nick Evetts highlight some of the projects ESA has worked on recently, Nick Howes discusses his work at the Faulkes Telescope, and also at ESA;  Ninian Boyle presents the night sky this month in his “Astronomy Know How”; and in an Under British Skies “Extra”, Richie interviews Paul Vanezis, one of the producers of the BBC program “Star Gazing Live” – the BBC needs our help

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: http://nebul.ae/afm/Episode19/UnderBritishSkies-Episode19Shownotes.pdf

The UBS team

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AFM’s Event^Horizon 2011.11.19: Bob Lunsford – American Meteor Society @ 100 Years of Looking Up!

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

On “The Event^Horizon!” hosts Nick Evetts and Marty Kunz are again joined by Astronomy.FM’s newest SkyGuide – John Schroer (former Planetarium Director of the Detroit Science Center, and host of the TV show “Astronomy for Everyone”)

Tonight we welcome a special guest – Bob Lunsford of the American Meteor Society, on the occasion of their centenary!  Bob talks about observing, recording, and submitting your meteor observations.

Also discussed tonight:

AFM’s York∞Universe! 2011.11.01: A visit with astronomer Amelia Ortiz-Gil; +PLUS Supernovae, Asteroid 2005 YU55

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Tonight on “York∞Universe!”, live from Toronto’s York University:
   ~ An interview with astronomer Amelia Ortiz-Gil, of the University of Valencia
   ~ Supernovae
   ~ Asteroid 2005 YU55, which whizzes past Earth TOMORROW!

AFM’s YorkUniverse! 2011.11.01 Guest – Sarah Sadavoy

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

It’s a York Halloween special!  In tonight’s YorkUniverse – Paul is back in Canada after circling the globe!  He is joined by Ted as they welcome a former York collegue – Sarah Sadavoy (now an astronomer at the University of Victoria) – as they discuss stellar evolution, Pluto’s moons, and remember Pleiades.

UBS Episode 16: Podcast

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Under British Skies’ episode 16, which aired on July 17 and featured an interview with the Meteorite Men’s Geoffrey Notkin, is now available on podcast. Check it out, here!

Following is a list of some of the websites and pages, in no particular order, mentioned during the show:

MeteorLab: What are Meteorites?

Meteorite Men!

Geoffrey Notkin’s new book: Meteorite Hunting - How to find treasure from Space

Natural History Museum: A collection of images by Paul Harper

American Meteor Society: Fireball Reports

Geology.com: Impactites – Ghostly Footprints of Ancient Meteorites

Geology.com: Zoomable Satellite Imagery of Meteor Craters and Asteroid Impact Sites

Geology.com: Did Meteorite Bombardments Make Early Earth More Habitable?

The Telegraph: Woman ‘hit by meteorite’

 


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