20250505_Star Wars vs Star Trek vs reality!
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Release Date: 05/06/2025
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
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20250811_Dog Days of Summer...
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Join Paul Mackin and Sunna Withers as we discuss interstellar visitors, the most distant black hole ever observed, and what's up in the sky this week. Also tune in for special guest Robin Metcalfe to learn about the upcoming Launch Canada Challenge! Image: Apollo 8 Command Module - Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Il. Photo Credit: Paul J. Mackin
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20250728_Women in Astronomy - Rubin and Mitchell
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Here we touch on Vera Rubin and Maria Mitchell, two prominent female astronmers of the late 19th and early 20th century. We also look at some aspects of life beyond our solar system and speculation about 31/Atlas Image of 1878 eclipse - Public domain image from
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20250721_To the Moon! Past and Future
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Join us as we discuss exploring our Solar System! Hosted by Paul Mackin and Professor Mary-Helen Armour, this week we discuss one of the most significant events in space history - landing humans on the Moon - and how we aim to achieve a repeat performance.
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20250714_This week, we stay in the Solar System!
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
In this week's episode we highlight missions with milestones on this day like Mariner 4, and New Horizons. We also look at aspects of asteroids and comets in the news, now in in this day in history. Image
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20250707_Acheivements Galore!
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Julie and Mary-Helen discuss Newton, Shklovsky, and Bethe - three scientists with many achievements to list. They explore how technology has evolved while talking about Roswell, a bolide captured by a weather satellite, and new frontiers being pushed by JWST. Episode image credit: NOAA-CIRA
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20250623_Summer Solstice
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
In this episode Dr. Mary-Helen Armour and Dr. Jeremy Webb discuss the summer solstice touching on what a solstice is, and what historical significance it has in everything from time keeping, finding the size of the Earth, and how ancient monuments were aligned. In the news we touch on the early images from the Vera Rubin telescope. Image courtest NASA at
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20250616_Moons in the Solar System and Beyond
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
In this episode Sunna Withers and Dr. Elaina Hyde investigate some historical moons of Saturn, Pluto, and of course our own Earth’s Moon as well as the latest Moon news and discoveries from JWST. Image credit: 2025 03 08 The moon through the AICO Unistellar eVscope by Nakul Sethuram
info_outlinePaul Mackin and Professor Elaina Hyde cover the science fiction film that changed it all as well as other items in space history and the most recent astronomy news. This episode looks at Venus, Mars, and the space program with a bit of a sci-fi tint!
Image credit: AICO, Elaina Hyde, 2023: The Allan I Carswell Observatory showing the dome during the day with the moon above