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.
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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?
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’
Join us, Sunday July 17, for a fun interview with Geoff Notkin of the Science Channel’s Meteorite Men! Currently filming their third season, the Meteorite Men is an award-winning series featuring the meteorite-hunting adventures of the dynamic duo, Steve Arnold and Geoff Notkin. In our interview, Notkin discusses such topics as his favorite strewn field, how he and Arnold came to be the Meteorite Men, and a meteorite hunter’s greatest “fears”.
The show begins at 20:00 UTC – that’s 4pm EDT / 1pm PT – and will include a live meteorites discussion and chatroom Q&A with UBS team members: Paul Harper, Sam Hawkins, Iain Melville, and Nick Evetts. ”See” ya there!
Tonight hosts Jeff & Becca Setzer relive STS135 — the last Space Shuttle launch — through the eyes of Alex Shimp (@shimpster) and Sherri Kroll (@oliveview2) LIVE at 9pmEDT photo courtesy of Alex Shimp
Go Atlantis
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Tonight hosts Jeff & Becca Setzer get up close and personal with @Shimpster aka Alex Shimp! We talk first telescopes and NASA Tweetups LIVE at 9pmEDT And don’t miss out on Alex’s fantastic photos!
NASA Special Guest Pass
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This month, the team NEAF, NAM and the SPA. We interviewed Prof John Zarnecki from the Open University. We also spoke to Nick Howes, the Equipment Consultant from Astronomy Now Magazine about his recent travels to NEAF and NAM
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From the edge of reality, and looking.
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This month, the team discussed the Cox Effect. We interviewed Simon Singh, author, journalist and TV producer about science education and his Uncaged Monkeys tour. We also spoke to Nick Howes, the Equipment Consultant from Astronomy Now Magazine, and Rob Hodgkinson.
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