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What’s On Astronomy.FM ~ Wednesday thru Thursday

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

WEDNESDAY, May 23 – THURSDAY, May 24

Today’s Radio Schedule at a GLANCE:

SET #1: Discovery Now ~ Space Pirate Radio

SET #2: EarthSky ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ Astronomy Ireland ~ Dr. Karl’s Great Moments in Science

SET #3: AAAS Science Update ~  Naked Astronomy 

SET #4: SciAm 60-Sec Science ~ A Moment of Science ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ Groks Science ~ Science Update

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Under British Skies – Episode 24 – Isle of Wight Star Party and Professor Ian Morison

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

 

In this months episode, we talked to Professor Ian Morison from Jodrell Bank about his career.  We also talked about the Isle of Wight Star Party, and the upcoming Star Parties for the rest of the year.  Book corner will be back next month, but in App Corner, we talked about weather apps.

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 24 Shownotes

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York Universe Celebrating 100 Episodes!

Monday, March 26th, 2012

On Monday, March 26, York Universe will celebrate its 100th episode on Astronomy.FM*Radio! Join us at 9pm ET /6pm PT (March 27, 0100 GMT) for a webcam tour of the observatory, live Q&A with the hosts, and (of course) the latest astronomy news.

Read more about the York Universe celebration, here, and learn more the York Universe hosts, here.

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AFM SkyGuide Appointed Committee Chair

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

One of Astronomy.FM’s own SkyGuides – John Schroer of Friday night’s Event^Horizon – has been appointed Planetarium Committee Chair of the Astronomy Foundation. John’s enthusiasm for outreach and his planetarium experience with the Detroit Science Center make him a fine choice for the position. Congratulations to the Astronomy Foundation and Kudos to John! (Read more about John and the new appointment, here.)

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Premiere of New Show!

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Join us tonight – 12am ET / 9pm PT / 0400 GMT – for the Astronomy.FM premiere of Allison Reynold’s AstroPodcast, featuring fun interviews with interesting people doing exciting things in the  astronomy field! Tonight’s premiere episode features NEO-hunter and comet-discoverer, Robert McNaught!

 

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Under British Skies – Episode 23 – Dis is SKA!

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

 

In this months episode, we talked to Dr Megan Argo about the Square Kilometre Array, and the Jodrell Bank radio observatory.  Our special guest for Book Corner was Dr Stuart Clark, talking about his books The Skys Dark Labyrinth, and The Sensorium of God.  We also discussed the Android Heavens-Above app in App Corner.

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 23 Shownotes

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AFM*Radio Announces New Program!

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Astronomy.FM is proud to announce the debut of our newest weekly program, Western Worlds, on Monday, February 27, at 10pm EST!*

Produced by Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX), Western Worlds will feature weekly interviews and round-table discussions in a focused examination of the latest news in planetary exploration. On Monday’s premiere episode, How Lucky We Are, co-host Raymond Francis will visit with Planetary Geologist and CPSX Acting Director, Gordon Osinski, for a discussion on asteroids and impacts!  The interview will be followed by a round-table discussion with co-hosts Raymond Francis, Alyssa Gilbert, and John Moores.

Western Worlds is hosted by CPSX post-doctoral fellow, Dr. John Moores, and is co-produced by CPSX Outreach Coordinator, Dr. Alyssa Gilbert, and Astronomy.FM’s Program Director, Dr. Michael Foerster.

*Monday 7pm PST / Tuesday 0300 GMT

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AFM Has a New Facebook Page!

Saturday, February 25th, 2012

We encourage our friends, listeners, and followers to check-out our new Facebook page, Astronomy.FM, at http://www.facebook.com/AFMRadio. You can “like” the page to add updates to your Facebook stream, communicate with us, and share your own astronomy experiences and images!

(NOTE for our current Facebook friends: We will no longer monitor or update the Astronomyfm Afm-radio account. All future Facebook communication will occur only on the new Astronomy.FM Page.)

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