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Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe

Dr. Elaina Hyde

York Universe is a weekly astronomy and astrophysics program written and presented by the students, faculty, alumni, and friends of the Allan I Carswell Observatory at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Image credits: AICO, Elaina Hyde, Max Neumann

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20250728_Women in Astronomy - Rubin and Mitchell

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/07/29

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_29,_1878#/media/File:Solar_eclipse_1878Jul29-Corona_Pikes_peak_Langley.png

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59:11

20250721_To the Moon! Past and Future

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/07/22

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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59:51

20250714_This week, we stay in the Solar System!

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/07/15

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 Credit: Hubble Space Telescope Comet Team and NASA

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59:29

20250707_Acheivements Galore!

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/07/08

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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58:08

20250623_Summer Solstice

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/06/24

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 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14366/

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01:00:41

20250616_Moons in the Solar System and Beyond

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/06/17

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

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01:00:28

20250609_From Local to Cosmological… it is all about...

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/06/10

Join us as we discuss everything from exploring our Solar System to the outermost regions of the Universe! Hosted by Paul Mackin and Sunna Withers, this week's episode highlights asteroid sample return missions and observing distant stars and galaxies. Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A. Koekemoer, M. Franco, and the COSMOS-Web team

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01:00:27

20250602_From Naked Eye to high tech

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/06/03

This episode touches on transits of Venus and their historical and astronomical importance. It also looks a bit at how the observations of the solstice could also be used to gain an understanding of Earth. Your hosts Prof. Mary-Helen Armour and Dr. Elaina Hyde touch on more modern history looking at lunar investigation by the Surveyor and Hayabusa2 investigation of asteroids. In the news we look at recent JWST discoveries, like one of the most distant and youngest galaxies every imaged, amazing

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01:01:02

20250526_Projects!

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/05/28

Paul Mackin and Mary-Helen Armour describe Apollo missions and more. Sometimes big, sometimes small, sometimes personal, sometimes public… It is always great to have a project. Join in this episode to hear about some historical and very recent space projects. Image Credit: Paul Mackin 2024 - The Apollo 10 command module - Charly Brown. A Soyuz which carried a British Cosmonaut to Mir. Courtesy of the Science Museum in London

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01:00:14

20250512_Everything is space telescopes

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/05/13

This episode features a journey through past and present space telescopes with Sunna Withers and Dr. Elaina Hyde. Missions both large and small have contributed significantly to astronomy as we know it, and in the news now we can’t help but mention some of the latest from JWST. Image credit: NASA/Chris Gunn "Technicians successfully performed a critical test on Webb's 5-layer sunshield by fully deploying each of its uniquely sized layers to the same position that they will have while orbiting the

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01:00:17

20250505_Star Wars vs Star Trek vs reality!

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/05/06

Paul 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

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59:47

20250428_Hints of summer!

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/04/29

Paul Mackin and Julie Tomé discuss the beginnings of radio astronomy, pioneering astronauts, and wish astronomer Gibor Basri a happy birthday this week in astronomy and space history. In news, the Lucy Mission has done a flyby of Asteroid Donaldjohnson and New Horizons data were used to map the galaxy in Lyman-alpha radiation. As April winds down we get better weather and a preview of our summer skies! Episode art: M13 Great Cluster in Hercules, image credit Conor Hayes, AICO, 2021

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01:01:44

20250414_Daydreaming in the Solar System: Surfing...

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/04/15

This week's episode features John Moores, Jesse Rogerson and Michelle Parsons, authors of "Daydreaming in the Solar System: Surfing Saturn's Rings, Golfing on the Moon, and Other Adventures in Space Exploration". Join as our host Robin Metcalfe leads an exciting discussion on how to daydream in the solar system, including ice skating on Pluto and Enceladus, falling through Jupiter's atmosphere, and spelunking on Saturn's moon Hyperion! Erratum: Robin's younger son is a 6'2" goalie (not 5'2") Image

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59:13

20250331_Launches, Exoplanets & Little Red Dots

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/04/01

Sunna Withers and Julie Tomé discuss several historic launches and the achievements of astronomer Donald Lynden-Bell. In the news, detecting exoplanets using their magnetosphere and the solution to the mystery of the JWST Little Red Dots. Spoiler - the Universe isn’t broken. Photo credit: AICO, 40 cm telescope

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58:39

20250324_Earth and Moon This Week

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/03/25

This 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

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01:00:17

20250317_Canadian Astronomers Rock!

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/03/17

Have you ever wondered what Canadian astronomers are studying? This episode discusses recent discoveries by Canadian astronomers on Saturn's moons and upcoming research with the James Webb Space Telescope. The host's Sunna Withers and Paul Mackin also discuss some astronomy history including a remarkably bright Gamma Ray Burst and the Voyager missions. Image credit: Sunna Withers

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20250310_March Moon Madness

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/03/11

Did you know that there will be a TOTAL Lunar Eclipse this March 13th, 2025? Join Dr. Elaina Hyde and Parisa Nozari for an episode of eclipse history, moon news, and of course some event tips for this March 13th, 2025 event. Those joining the observatory YouTube can enjoy some live moon images. The live event recording is at YouTube YorkUObservatory Image Credits: AICO, 1m Moon imaging, Camila Guzman, Nakul Ramjee, Sunna Withers, March 10 2025

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01:00:50

20250303_600 episodes, E rings, and Saturn

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/03/04

600th episode spectacular, join us for a Saturn deep dive as we explore our mysterious distant cousin and its disappearing rings. Hosts Dr. Elaina Hyde, Professor Paul Delaney, Paul Mackin, Sunna Withers and Julie Tomé explore the 6th planet, its rings, and a few of its fascinating moons. Episode photo credit: AICO, 1m telescope

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01:01:23

20250224_Crash Course in Comets

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/03/01

Crashes and launches abound in this set of astronomy history and news. Join Dr. Elaina Hyde and Sunna Withers for some crash landings on Venus, the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the Moon and Earth as well as a ‘near miss’ in the future as asteroid 2024 YR4 continues to get it’s orbital parameters refined. Image credit: Venera 14 view of the surface of Venus: lava plates March 5, 1982. This image from the lander was processed by Ted Stryk. (Russian Academy of Sciences / Ted Stryk)

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01:00:53

20250210_In the cold, cold night

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/02/11

Do you enjoy the winter weather? Put on your snow parka, grab some mittens and join Dr. Elaina Hyde and Paul Mackin for an icy hike through the outer reaches of our own solar system. It’s colder than Canada, but well worth exploring! Image credit: Pluto, as imaged from the AICO 1m telescope at York University, 2022, Sunna Withers/AICO

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