Posts Tagged ‘Michael Foerster’

AFM’s York∞Universe! 2011.11.22: Keck a Mighty Goal!

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

LIVE COVERAGE of the return of Soyuz from the International Space Station!  Also:

  • Happy Birthday Fast Eddie
  • The expansion of the Universe
  • It’s REALLY important to proof your paper before publication
  • Keck is really cool, and more!

WNMC’s First*Light! 2011.11.18: Congress is a Vegetable!

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

(originally broadcast on Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC FM+TV on November 18th, 2011)

Every week join “First*Light!” for a look at news from the intersection of science & society! “First*Light!” originates from the studios of Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC/FM+TV. It airs each Friday LIVE at 7:20am (U.S. Eastern time), and repeats on Astronomy.FM every Saturday / Sunday (see our broadcast schedule for times). “First*Light!” is hosted by David Gault, Eric Hines, and Michael Foerster.

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WNMC’s First*Light! 2011.11.11: Veteran’s Day, Happy Birthday Carl, EAS Test, GPS Tracking, Another Monster Storm, Fracking Water, Asteroid 2005 YU55, Phobos-Grunt is Lost in Space?, Aurora and More This Weekend, Leap Second, and more!

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

(originally broadcast on Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC FM+TV on November 11th, 2011)

Every week join “First*Light!” for a look at news from the intersection of science & society! “First*Light!” originates from the studios of Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC/FM+TV. It airs each Friday LIVE at 7:20am (U.S. Eastern time), and repeats on Astronomy.FM every Saturday / Sunday (see our broadcast schedule for times). “First*Light!” is hosted by David Gault, Eric Hines, and Michael Foerster.

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WNMC’s First*Light! 2011.10.28: Fukushima Dai-Ichi, Mars500, Astronaut Blindness, New Mars Missions x2, Bad Climate News, and more!

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

(originally broadcast on Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC FM+TV on November 4th, 2011)

Every week join “First*Light!” for a look at news from the intersection of science & society! “First*Light!” originates from the studios of Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC/FM+TV. It airs each Friday LIVE at 7:20am (U.S. Eastern time), and repeats on Astronomy.FM every Saturday / Sunday (see our broadcast schedule for times). “First*Light!” is hosted by David Gault, Eric Hines, and Michael Foerster.

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WNMC’s First*Light! 2011.10.28: Telegraph, XP, NPP, HPV, Berkley’s BEST, Climate Sat UP & down, Chevy at Levee, Apocolypse, NASA Scares Granny, and more!

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

(originally broadcast on Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC FM+TV on October 28th, 2011)

Every week join “First*Light!” for a look at news from the intersection of science & society! “First*Light!” originates from the studios of Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC/FM+TV. It airs each Friday LIVE at 7:20am (U.S. Eastern time), and repeats on Astronomy.FM every Saturday / Sunday (see our broadcast schedule for times). “First*Light!” is hosted by David Gault, Eric Hines, and Michael Foerster.

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WNMC’s First*Light! 2011.10.21: Lions, Tigers, and Bears

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

(originally broadcast on Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC FM+TV on October 21st, 2011)

Every week join “First*Light”! for a look at news from the intersection of science & society! “First*Light!” originates from the studios of Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC/FM+TV. It airs each Friday LIVE at 7:20am (U.S. Eastern time), and repeats on Astronomy.FM every Saturday / Sunday (see our broadcast schedule for times). “First*Light!” is hosted by David Gault, Eric Hines, and Michael Foerster.

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WNMC’s First*Light! 2011.08.26 News Overload!

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

Today’s “First*Light! is suffering from news overload!  This has been a week brimming with sci+tech news, so “First*Light!” went into sudden death overtime to get to them all.

“First*Light!” is a production of Michigan public radio station WNMC-FM, and is hosted by David Gault, Eric Hines, and Michael Foerster.  “First*Light! is broadcast live each Friday morning at 7:20am U.S. Eastern Time (tune in on WNMC.org), and repeated each weekend on AFM*Radio.

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

Saturday, August 27th, 2011

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.)


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