Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe

Dr. Elaina Hyde
  • 0.0 (0)
  • NATURAL SCIENCES
  • UPDATED DAILY

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

  1. 11 NOV

    20251110_Good Satellites, Bad Satellites...

    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

    1h 1m

  2. 4 NOV

    20251103_Let's Break the 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)

    1 hr

  3. 28 OCT

    20251027_Comets and Stargazing with guest John Wilmot

    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: 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

    1h 2m

  4. 21 OCT

    20251020_What the?

    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.

    1 hr

  5. 7 OCT

    20251006_Strange Worlds, Old Data, and New Science

    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

    1h 1m

  6. 30 SEPT

    20250929_Going Boldly!

    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

    1h 1m

  7. 22 SEPT

    20250922_The Weird and Wonderful Planets of our Galaxy

    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

    1h 1m

  8. 9 SEPT

    20250908_Rockets, Comets and Smart Telescopes

    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

    1h 1m
See All (48)

About

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

Information