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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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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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01:01:01

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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01:00:10

20250203_Telescopes,Telescopes,Telescopes

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/02/04

This episode sees our astronomers revisit some famous historical telescopes as well as one planned for the future. Join Dr. Elaina Hyde and Paul Mackin for fun facts about the Hale, Keck, and Hubble as well as the (for now) future Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Image Credit: Allan I Carswell Observatory 1m telescope, 2022, E.A. Hyde/AICO

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01:00:09

20250127_Detections and Discoveries

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/01/28

This episode covers some fun detections and discoveries from this week in history, including the Satarian Moon Epimetheus, the 'Hoth' exoplanet, the rocketeering of Robert Goddard, the 'moon' Pasiphae and more. We also discuss a few news items and the dissolution of the comet Atlas. The hosts for this episode are Dr. Elaina Hyde and Paul Mackin. Image credit: 2025-01-22 1m telescope, object: Mintaka, taken by: Nakul Sethuram/AICO

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01:00:30

2050120_Planning For Planets

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/01/21

Join our director Dr. Elaina Hyde and special Guest Prof. Jeremy Webb for a planetary extravaganza covering Uranus and Neptune (this week in history). As an extra, we will also discuss a few fun events and tips for outreach with Prof. Webb and look at the recent end to the GAIA spacecraft mission. The website for Prof. Webb can be found here: https://www.yorku.ca/science/profiles/faculty/jeremy-webb/ Image Credit: Nov 9, 2023: Neptune imaged by the AICO 1m telescope at York University (Mallincam

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59:19

20250113_Fun with Flybys

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2025/01/14

This episode we look at amazing flybys in history, covering Mercury, Uranus, Pluto and Saturn's moon Titan. A special welcome to new host Paul Mackin. We also have special guest Majid Naji to talk about his astronomer in residence tenure at Killarney Park with the Allan I Carswell Observatory and to share some tips. Image credit: The planet Uranus: imaged by the Malincam at the AICO 1m, 2023 11 11

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01:01:49

20241216_I Look at the Skies Down Under

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2024/12/17

Special guest Brendan O’Brien of the Astrophiz podcast joins Dr. Elaina Hyde and Julie Tomé for a conversation about all things space and astronomy down under! Learn about Woomera and what has landed there, the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station, radio astronomy and all its various antennae, and science communication. Brendan’s podcast can be found at: https://astrophiz.com/ Image credit: One of the tiles making up the 32T, a prototype instrument for the Murchison Widefield Array. Natasha

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59:11

JWST Starts With A Bang

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2024/12/10

This exciting episode features a tall glass of JWS-T, as discussed by our host Elaina Hyde with special guest Ethan Siegel. Join us for a journey through time and space to one of the most interesting telescopes of this decade! For some more great JWST discussion see our guests’ new book “Infinite Cosmos: Visions From the James Webb Space Telescope” which can now be found at all major publishers. Ethan’s blogsite and podcast can be found here https://www.startswithabang.com/ Image credit: JWST- at L2

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20241202_Stargazing: Through the Looking Glass

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2024/12/03

Observations past, present and future. Join Parisa Nozari and Dr. Elaina Hyde for a journey through stargazing, radio astronomy, optical astronomy and meteor showers. We discuss this week in space history as we look to the skies for interesting observational targets and we talk about upcoming astronomical events as well. Image Credit: Messier Object M16, Zachary Sharp, AICO, 2024

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20241125_Space Danger, Space Debris

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2024/11/26

Investigate Space Debris with Dr. Elaina Hyde and Parisa Nozari as we discuss a history of things coming down, and some recent news from the Dragonfly mission, SpaceX and more! The more space junk we have, the higher the danger for astronauts… and earth based humans too. image credit: AICO Killarney Park Astronomer in Residence 2024 Sunna Withers and Anna Skrinnik took this lovely sky image showing a shooting star.

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01:00:23

20241118_The Expansion of the Universe and Rocks in...

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2024/11/19

Julie Tomé and Mary-Helen Armour discuss overlooked events and people like the second moon, the first African American astronomer, and the astronomer whose work Edwin Hubble’s built on. In news: a new measurement of the Hubble Constant and some interesting science performed on a meteorite found in a drawer at a university. Episode image credite: Sunna Withers/AICO

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20241104_Retro Rockets, the 70s and more!

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2024/11/05

This episode is a dive into science and science fiction with space launches from the past. We travel through the 70s (and a bit of the 50s) with space launches from Mariner, Voyager, Pioneer, and more. Join Elaina and Mary-Helen for this literal blast into space! Image credit: NASA, The Voyager 1 aboard the Titan III/Centaur lifted off on September 5, 1977, joining its sister spacecraft, the Voyager 2, on a mission to the outer planets.

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01:02:28

20241028_Spooky Stars, Dead Comets

Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe ·

2024/10/29

Join Sunna and Elaina for a spooky journey into exploded stars in the forms of supernovae and creepy comets. We discuss some of the astronomical history of Halloween, a few famous events, a few dead comets, and of course the most recent supernova from JWST. Image Credit: A live view of Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from AICO 1m on 16 October 2024. E.A. Hyde, AICO. The mini livestream can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/live/4gyuf9Dvv60?si=MU1KvGVna6vziPbD

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