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What’s On Astronomy.FM ~ Wednesday thru Thursday

Tavi Greiner — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:04 +0000

WEDNESDAY, May 16 – THURSDAY, May 17

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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SET #1:
UTC/GMT: 0100, 0500, 0900, 1300, 1700, 2100
US Eastern: 9pm, 1am, 5am, 9am, 1pm, 5pm
US Pacific: 6pm, 10pm, 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm

News at the top of the hour, from Public Radio WHRV, “Discovery Now” ~ Water in Solar System: The search for life across the solar system is on! And it all starts with a watery splash. (00:01:30)

An Astronomy.FM original program, “Space Pirate Radio!“ ~ Join Capt’s Diane Hall and Marty Kunz in the AFM chatroom for the live version at 0200 GMT / 9pm EST. Replays featured throughout the rest of the schedule. (00:55:00)

SET #2:
UTC/GMT: 0200, 0600, 1000, 1400, 1800, 2200
US Eastern: 10pm, 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm, 6pm
US Pacific: 7pm, 11pm, 3am, 7am, 11am, 3pm

News at the top of the hour, from “EarthSky” ~ NASA Spots 12-Mile-High Martian Dust Devil: NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught sight of this beauty as it whirled on the sands of the Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars. (00:01:30)

From this week, the May 15 2012 edition of “365 Days of Astronomy” ~ Astronomy Word of the Week = Obliquity: by Christopher Crockett. (00:09:00)

From Dublin City Radio, “Astronomy Ireland” ~ with Cristy Creely, Ben Emmett, John Dickson: A weekly astronomy and space news review, with a uniquely Irish viewpoint. (00:30:00)

BONUS! From Australia’s ABC Radio National, “Dr. Karl’s Great Moments in Science” ~ T-Rex Protected in Name Only: We know that the dinosaurs came to a dreadful end, but Dr. Karl thinks that there was at least one beast that ruled them all. (00:07:00)

SET #3:
UTC/GMT: 0300, 0700, 1100, 1500, 1900, 2300
US Eastern: 11pm, 3am, 7am, 11am, 3pm, 7pm
US Pacific: 8pm, 12am, 4am, 8am, 12pm, 4pm

News at the top of the hour, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “Science Update” ~ Spoiled Milk: A listener asks why milk goes bad more quickly than other beverages. (00:01:00)

From the BBC, ”Naked Astronomy“ ~ Dark Planets & Dark Matter: Are the foundations of Dark Matter crumbling? How can a planet be blacker than black paint? And, what are the sunsets like on a planet with 2 suns? (00:54:30)

SET #4:
UTC/GMT: 0400, 0800, 1200, 1600, 2000, 0000
US Eastern: 12am, 4am, 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm
US Pacific: 9pm, 1am, 5am, 9am, 1pm, 5pm

News at the top of the hour, from Scientific American’s “60-Second Science“ ~ Oldest New World Cave Art Discovered. (00:01:15)

More news, from WFIU Indiana Public Media, “A Moment of Science” ~ Vampire-Like Symptoms Occur With Hereditary Porphyria: The legend of the vampire, Dracula, may have had its basis in a very real disease known as Hereditary Porphyria. (00:02:15)

Deep from the programs vault, the April 21 2010 edition of “365 Days of Astronomy” ~ Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances: by Jim Stratigos. (00:15:00)

By Charles Lee and Frank Ling, “The Groks Science Show” ~ A Beautiful Mind: The life of mathematician John Nash has garnered a great deal of attention since the release of the movie, A Beautiful Mind, chronicled events in his life. Today we interview Sylvia Nassar, the author of Nash’s bio. (00:38:00)

BONUS! Extended news, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “Science Update” ~ Germs & People: Does opening the windows spread germs around? Why health-related websites may be scaring people unnecessarily. And, how the heart burns fat. (00:05:30)

NOTE: Astronomy.FM Radio features a four-hour block of programming, repeated six times in our daily 24-hour schedule. Showtimes for UTC/GMT, US Eastern, and US Pacific timezones are shown for each of the four one-hour program sets.

Tavi Greiner — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:02:06 +0000

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

Richie Jarvis — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:31:43 +0000

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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Tavi Greiner — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:10:44 +0000

April is Global Astronomy Month

~ ONE PEOPLE ONE SKY ~

Be There!

#GAM2012

York Universe Celebrating 100 Episodes!

Tavi Greiner — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:01:54 +0000

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.

AFM SkyGuide Appointed Committee Chair

Tavi Greiner — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:01:04 +0000

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.)

Premiere of New Show!

Tavi Greiner — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:40:53 +0000

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!

Under British Skies – Episode 23 EXTRA – Lick Observatory

Richie Jarvis — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:09:21 +0000

Recently, I was lucky enough to have visited the Lick Observatory up Mount Hamilton. Dr Paul Lynam was kind enough to show me round, and also to provide a very interesting interview about the history of the Lick Observatory, its telescopes, current work ongoing, and his own astronomical research projects.

Richie Jarvis

Under British Skies – Episode 23 – Dis is SKA!

Richie Jarvis — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:06:28 +0000

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’s Western Worlds! 120228-001 “How Lucky We Are” [updated]

Michael Foerster — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:01:32 +0000

[our apologies - this is a duplicate post to fix a corrupted podcast file]

The World Debut of “Western Worlds!”

It’s the WORLD PREMIERE of Astronomy.FM’s newest show – “Western Worlds!” In this episode co-host Raymond Francis interviews Dr. Gordon Osinski (CPSX Acting Director) about his research on impact craters. The interview is followed by a round-table discussion with co-hosts Raymond Francis, Alyssa Gilbert, and John Moores.

“Western Worlds!” is a co-production of the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) and the Voice of Astronomy – Astronomy.FM*Radio!