20250324_Earth and Moon This Week
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Release Date: 03/25/2025
20251110_Good Satellites, Bad Satellites...
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Julie Tomé and Dr. Elaina Hyde discuss many satellites - most good, some bad! From Lunar Orbiter 2, San Marco 1, and Sputnik to giant space mirrors (shudder) and the JWST (hurray!), explore some of the history and news around satellites. Podcast Image: AICO, Sunna Withers, Zena Khadour
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20251103_Let’s Break the Universe!
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Tune in to go back in time to Tycho's Supernova of 1572, the history of daylight savings time, and how our view of the Universe was revolutionized, twice! This week's host's Paul Mackin and Sunna Withers also discuss astronomy news, including Comet 3I/Atlas and the chaos of galaxies in the early Universe. Image Description: Comet 3I/Atlas on July 21, 2025, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope Image Credit: NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
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20251027_Comets and Stargazing with guest John Wilmot
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
This episode features a round up of comets past and current, a bit of fun history, and some discussion of the 2025 Astronomer in Residence program. The host Dr. Elaina Hyde is joined by special guest John Wilmot, one of our 2025 astronomers who went out to Killarney Park as both an expert, and an amateur! Join us for a bit of fun, and keep in mind that the live views on YouTube for this episode include one of our comets from THIS season C2025/R2 (SWAN). The link to the observatory website mentioned in this episode is: . Image credit: Comet C2025/R2 SWAN as imaged by the AICO 1m...
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20251020_What the?
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Here we look at a number of interesting objects in our solar system, and missions to the less frequented places in the inner solar system like Mercury and Venus.
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20251006_Strange Worlds, Old Data, and New Science
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Julie and Jeremy chat about the history of exoplanet discovery, notable astronomers Riccardo Giacconi and Ejnar Hertzsprung, and the discovery of Triton. In the news, a rogue planet is acting like a star, old data sets are reanalysed to get new insights into Venus and Enceladus, and the Universe might not expand forever. Episode image credit: Sunna Withers, AICO
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20250929_Going Boldly!
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Join hosts Paul Mackin and Sunna Withers as we discuss spacecraft and astronomers who have gone boldly! We discuss both astronomy and sci-fi, including the nature of our Universe and the impact of Star Trek. Image: DART Impact Image Credit: NASA/Farnham et al. 2025
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20250922_The Weird and Wonderful Planets of our Galaxy
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
This week's episode is all about planets and solar systems! Join this week's hosts as we disucss the Earth's autumnual equinox, planetary exploration, the search for extraterrestrial life, and an important milestone in exoplanet discovery! Podcast Image: Cassini image of Saturn near its equinox in 2009 Photo Credit: NASA
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20250908_Rockets, Comets and Smart Telescopes
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Here we have special guests Nathan Minuk and Robin Metcalfe. Nathan is a member of York student rocketry group. They are talking about the Canada Launch competition If any York students are interested please see arbalestrocketry.ca We also talk about Osiris- Rex,the contributions of amateur astronomers, and other recent news. Episode Artwork courtesy TheSkyLive.com
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20250825_Solar System Galore
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
It's all about the Solar System this week! Join our hosts Professor Jeremy Webb and Sunna Withers as we discuss history surrounding Jupiter's Moon Europa, Pluto's declassification, and the discovery of S/2025 U1, a new moon of Uranus! Image description: Uranus and its New Moon S/2025 U1 Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Maryame El Moutamid (SwRI), Matthew Hedman (University of Idaho)
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20250818_Lights, sounds and rumblings in the Solar System
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Here we look at a number of phenemenon we have observed in the solar system including, eclipses, aurora, lunar quakes and rainbows on Enceladus. Apollo 11 Seismic Experiment Image Courtesy NASA
info_outlineThis Week in Space and Astronomy History is all about our solar system! Join this week's host's Professor Mary-Helen Armour and Paul Mackin as they discuss history of solar system exploration from the first images of the Moon to the exploration of Mars and beyond!
Image Credit: The Moon imaged by the Allan I. Carswell Observatory 1m telescope