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AFM’s Event^Horizon! 2011.08.27 Tavi Finds a SUPERNOVA!

Michael Foerster — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:56:16 +0000

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.)

The Sky Tonight: Aug 19 – Aug 25

Tavi Greiner — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:03:45 +0000

This week’s “Look Up” report features a Perseids update, the Full “Dog Days” Moon, and two evening “stars”! You can catch the report throughout the week, or listen right now.

Now Available On-Demand

Tavi Greiner — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:52:14 +0000

The A Sky Full of Stars slideshow presentation, When Planets and Particles Collide – Part II, is now available for on-demand play. Click here to watch and listen. NOTE: Slides may take a minute or so to load.

Special Perseids Meteorwatch Coverage!

Tavi Greiner — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:14:08 +0000

Join us Thursday and Friday nights for special Perseids #Meteorwatch coverage from Great Britian and the U.S.! The lineup includes:

* Under British Skies – Live observing updates and discussion – Thursday and Friday, 2100 UT (5:00 pm EDT)

* A Sky Full of Stars – When Planets and Particles Collide videocast – Thursday, 0100 UT (9:00 pm EDT)

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.

* Event Horizon – Friday, 0100 UT (9:00 pm EDT)

PODCAST: “Quantum Leap” on “Event Horizon”

Rob Keown — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:52:34 +0000

Show Notes

Spooky Cousins at a Distance

The podcast of “Quantum Leap” on “Event^Horizon” is now available!

Some links discussed during the show include:

The first broadcast of the “Quantum Leap” program will be on August 29, 2010.

Show Announcement (this show has aired, the podcast is available below)

It’s homecoming week this weekend on AFM*Radio’s “Event Horizon” when hosts Marty Kunz and Nick Evetts are joined by physicist, meteorologist and amateur astronomer Thomas Kennedy, and SkyGuide Rob Keown, for a discussion and debate on the latest in cosmology and astrophysics.

Thomas and Rob are former co-hosts of the show “Quantum Leap,” and Thomas continues to pen a series of articles under the same name on A Sky Full of Stars.

We’ll take your questions, and show you nifty tips like how the 1960 sitcom The Patty Duke Show can help you envision entanglement, and how hallucinations about black strap molasses can give you a clue about the yet-to-be-proven Higg’s Boson and Higg’s Field. That’s this Friday evening at 9PM EDT, Saturday morning at 0100 UT on AFM*Radio. Replays every 4 hours during the following day and podcast publication.