20251027_Comets and Stargazing with guest John Wilmot
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Release Date: 10/28/2025
20260504_Chasing Rainbows in the Stars
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Spectra and Light are important to all of Astronomy as we know it today. Join special guest Dr. Thomas Morris for a history and news adventure in spectroscopy with our host Dr. Elaina Hyde. What is light? What is it used for in Astronomy, and how can amateur astronomers help? Image Credit: Fraunhofer made this copper etching in 1815, He coloured the spectra and lines as well as drew the spectral response curve above. A now standard view of spectra it was revolutionary at the time! Deutsches Museum Archv 43952
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20260427_From One Space Telescope to Another
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Here we talk about a few history topics and some planetary observations. Mars Express Observations
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20260420_Dusty Tails Dusty Tales
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Julie and Elaina discuss the illustrious careers of Max Planck and Ibn al-Haytham in This Week and Space and Astronomy History. In the news, dark volcanic ash is moving across the Martian surface, the Lyrid meteor shower peak is almost here, mineral dust is increasing cloud production in the Venusian atmosphere, and NASA has found interstellar glaciers that are definitely not glaciers, but are very cool nonetheless. Image Credit: Elaina Hyde/AICO
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20260413_All About Artemis!
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
This week's episode is all about Artemis! Join Maheen and Sunna as they discuss the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon, as well as the history and future of crewed Lunar exploration. Image: Artemis II Earthset, NASA
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20260330_ Galaxy Season
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
As the seasons progress through the year, they also progress through observing targets. This week, we talk about Easter and observing galaxies from home or by visiting our observatory. We also look at some Apollo history, the upcoming Artemis II Mission, and more data than you can possibly imagine from the Vera C. Rubin behemoth! Contact us at observe@yorku.ca
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20260323_Northern Lights, Camera and Action!
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
This exciting episode features special guest Dr. Rachel Ward-Maxwell from the Ontario Science Center (). We cover mysterious Aurora, lunar launches, a bit of Artemis and of course a discussion of the newest science and sci-fi crossovers, the film Hail Mary. Observing tips and science tricks, we even discuss how to break the optical illusion that we all face in our lunar companion. Image Credit: Rachel Ward-Maxwell, AICO, KPPO, 2025 An extra Northern Lights explainer from Ontario Science Center:
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20260316_Everything is the Matter with Dark Matter
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Dark matter and dark energy can sound gloomy but there’s no need to worry in this episode as Maheen Hemani and Dr. Elaina Hyde talk about dark matter in history, dark matter in the news, dark matter in the Milky Way…. and get very excited! The more we find out about this exciting topic, the less it seems we understand but that doesn’t mean we’re not going to try! Image Credit: JWST, from March 14th, 2023 A prelude to a supernova the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 is shown in all it's glory
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20260309_Into Spring!
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Tune into this week's episode to learn about the history of the Voyager and Cassini missions, and important discoveries about Uranus! This week’s hosts also discuss several recent news headlines, including an update on the Artemis program and the Vera Rubin Observatory.
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20260223_The Moon and Beyond
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
Join this week's hosts Gagan Sidhu and Sunna Withers as they discuss exploration of the solar system and Moon, a historic supernova, and recent news about the Artemis II launch. Image: Supernova 1987A by JWST. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA
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20260209_That pesky Hydrogen Molecule
Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
We look at this week in history and have a discussion on Artemis II and other worthy news items! Please note that we had a bit of a technical glitch on the recording near the beginning of the show but all the important bits are there. Illustration of Orion in Low Earth Orbit - Image Credit: ESA
info_outlineThis 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: https://www.yorku.ca/science/observatory/ .
Image credit: Comet C2025/R2 SWAN as imaged by the AICO 1m telescope on YouTube during the live broadcast for this podcast on Oct 27, 2025: AICO, Sunna Withers, Nakul Sethuram Ramjee