The Event Horizon Special podcast with Hanny van Arkel is now available!
Don’t forget to checkout a community novel being launched about Hanny’s Voorwerp on September 3, 2010 by The Zooniverse Project!
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Hanny’s Voorwerp Podcast
August 21st, 2010 by Rob KeownThe Sky Tonight: Aug 19 – Aug 25
August 19th, 2010 by Tavi GreinerThis 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.
“Hanny’s Voorwerp” Discoverer Live on AFM*Radio!
August 15th, 2010 by Rob Keown
Green cloud is Hanny's Voorwerp
Join Event Horizon host, Nick Evetts, on Sunday, August 15th, 2010 at 1900 GMT / 3 PM EDT, when he is joined by citizen scientist Hanny van Arkel on AFM*Radio.
Van Arkel is the discoverer of “Hanny’s Voorwerp,” a mysterious extra-galactic object 700 million light-years distant. She discovered the object by participating in “Galaxy Zoo,” a citizen science initiative to catalog millions of celestial objects, mostly galaxies.
Nick will be asking questions about her discovery, as well as the Galaxy Zoo project. You, too, can ask questions via the Astronomy.FM chatroom and Twitter!
Replays can be heard during the next 24 hours, with a podcast available shortly thereafter!
Now Available On-Demand
August 13th, 2010 by Tavi Greiner
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!
August 11th, 2010 by Tavi GreinerJoin 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)
Perseids & Meteorwatch on Space Pirates!
August 9th, 2010 by Rob Keown
Rob Keown (@keownrwk) & Tavi Greiner (@tavigreiner) from A Sky Full of Stars will join Marty Kunz on Space Pirate Radio tonight at 0200 UT / 10 PM EDT.
We’ll be discussing the upcoming Perseid meteor shower and the Meteorwatch program. Learn when and where the best observing will be, and even how to “listen” to meteors even though your skies may be cloudy!
And don’t forget to join the crew at Live from York University one hour before Space Pirates!
Tune in by clicking on “Listen Now” at http://astronomy.fm/radio or use any of the other listening options. You can also join us in the Astronomy.FM chatroom, or submit questions and comments on Twitter by sending a reply to @astronomyfm.
PODCAST: Just Another Day; 2012 Debunked – July 26th, 2010
July 27th, 2010 by Bill HudsonIn this episode of “Just Another Day; 2012 Debunked” Bill and Hannah Hudson discuss the various claims made about the sun, and what it will supposedly do in 2012.
Dr. “Awesome” Ian O’Neill is our guest, and he fills us in on what the sun will, and won’t do.
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PODCAST: “Quantum Leap” on “Event Horizon”
July 17th, 2010 by Rob KeownShow Notes
Spooky Cousins at a Distance
The podcast of “Quantum Leap” on “Event^Horizon” is now available!
Some links discussed during the show include: Read the rest of this entry »
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AFM Classic Podcast: “GRAS Spotlight – Andrew Lowe”
July 13th, 2010 by Rob Keown
In an effort to publish past programs as podcasts, we are making available an interview with minor planet hunter Andrew Lowe from February 1, 2010. He is interviewed by AFM*Radio SkyGuide Marleen Bryan. Read the rest of this entry »
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Just Another Day Podcast: June 28th, 2010
June 28th, 2010 by Bill HudsonJust Another Day: 2012 Debunked, Episode #4
In this episode we play two pre-recorded interviews, the first with Dr. David Morrison, senior scientist with the NASA Lunar Science Institute, and NASA Astrobiology Institute. In addition, Dr. Morrison has joined the staff of the SETI Institute as its president. The second interview is with Mayan epigrapher Dr. Mark Van Stone. Dr. Van Stone has written a new book detailing the Mayan writing, their calendar, and has documented the extent to which modern “New Age” authors have put words in their mouths.
Finally we have a brief news item regarding John Major Jenkins and a brewing scandal at an archaeological site in Chiapas, Mexico.
This episode originally aired on June 28th, 2010 at 02:00 Universal Time.
You can find all of our episodes on our podcast page.
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