Under British Skies – Episode 23 – Dis is SKA!

March 18th, 2012 by Richie Jarvis

 

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]

February 28th, 2012 by Michael Foerster
[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!

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AFM*Radio Announces New Program!

February 27th, 2012 by Tavi Greiner

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!

February 25th, 2012 by Tavi Greiner

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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AFM Welcomes New Google+ Manager

February 23rd, 2012 by Tavi Greiner

We are excited to announce the addition of Bill Nugent to the Astronomy.FM Team. Bill will serve as our Google+ Manager;  you can read more about him on our Social Media Team page, here.  Welcome to the group, Bill – we are honored to have you with us!

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Under British Skies – Episode 22 – Astrofest

February 19th, 2012 by Richie Jarvis

 

In this months episode, we celebrated our 2nd Birthday!  We also talked about Astrofest, and Google Sky.  Our special guest for Book Corner was Ninian Boyle.

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 22 Shownotes

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Astronomy.FM now on Google+

February 18th, 2012 by Tavi Greiner

Wow, what a challenge that turned out to be, but Astronomy.FM is now officially on Google+!  Our Google+ page includes regular radio schedule updates and fun astronomy content. Add us to your circles to follow our updates, and we’ll add you to ours!

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“Western Worlds!” In The News

February 15th, 2012 by Michael Foerster

“Western Worlds!” on the CBC!

CPSX’s & AFM’s newest radio show, Western Worlds, is in the news!Alyssa Gilbert, CPSX Outreach Coordinator and producer of Western Worlds, was interviewed by CBC Radio One about the show; you may hear that here!

And John Moores, post-doctoral fellow for CPSX and the showrunner and main host of Western Worlds, was interviewed by Western News about the program.

Join us for Western Worlds, Astronomy.FM’s newest program, each week after York∞Universe!  (0210 GMT Tuesdays, a.k.a. 10:10pm Eastern – repeating every 4 hours for the rest of the day)

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

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