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What’s On Astronomy.FM ~ Tuesday thru Wednesday

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

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
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 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

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AFM’s York∞Universe! 2011.11.22: Keck a Mighty Goal!

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

LIVE COVERAGE of the return of Soyuz from the International Space Station!  Also:

  • Happy Birthday Fast Eddie
  • The expansion of the Universe
  • It’s REALLY important to proof your paper before publication
  • Keck is really cool, and more!

WNMC’s First*Light! 2011.11.18: Congress is a Vegetable!

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

(originally broadcast on Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC FM+TV on November 18th, 2011)

Every week join “First*Light!” for a look at news from the intersection of science & society! “First*Light!” originates from the studios of Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC/FM+TV. It airs each Friday LIVE at 7:20am (U.S. Eastern time), and repeats on Astronomy.FM every Saturday / Sunday (see our broadcast schedule for times). “First*Light!” is hosted by David Gault, Eric Hines, and Michael Foerster.

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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 Space Pirate Radio 2011.11.17: “What’s Up with the Pirates?”

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Join Captains Marty and Diane as they share tall tales
of the High Space Seas, on Space Pirate Radio!

  • Astronauts ride Soyuz to the International Space Station
  • What do you think was the first object to be called a planet?
  • Jupiter tonight!
  • Dante’s Solar System
  • October’s AAPOD winner
  • Constellations and asterisms in the Autumn
  • What’s the other evening planet?
  • Sunspots lately
  • Powering probes; Curiosity is getting ready for Mars

“Space Pirate Radio” and Astronomy.FM are sponsored by Global-Rent-A-Scope – GRAS THE Global Remote Telescope Network for Astromony. Imaging or Science.

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AFM’s Event^Horizon! 2011.11.12: Mars – The Good, the Bad, & Phobos-Grunt

Saturday, November 12th, 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:

  • Discussion about traveling to Mars plus failed probes past and present
  • Asteroid 2005 YU55 didn’t kill us
  • Carl Sagan’s influence on modern astronomers
  • The Sun may be sending aurora our way this weekend

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