Allan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe

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 Wit…

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 Eart…

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 tha…

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 …

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' Pasiph…

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 even…

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 ab…

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…

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…

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 hi…

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…

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 ne…

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 mor…

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 …

The sun is at solar maximum and we have a slew of hot stars to cover. Join Julie and Elaina for a stellar trip down memory lane as we talk about stars in the Milky Way, strangeness and new stars with…

Robin Metcalfe takes the host chair and gathers former players of York University Faculty of Science softball teams IR Sox, the Expose and Comets in an exploration of career paths that a degree in sc…

This episode is a ‘sandwich’ of co-hosts, Robin and Ryan both talk about their Astronomer in Residence experience out at Killarney Park (with the AICO), and we discuss viewing and comets, in particul…

Gagan Sidhu and Sunna Withers discuss important Canadian and Ontario space history, and current news including new images from JWST and the Starliner.

Image Credit: 2021 Mars 1m Malincam, AICO, June …

Julie Tomé and Dr Elaina Hyde discuss all the moons! Moon discoveries around Saturn, lunar missions, the next lunar eclipse and a temporary mini-moon around Earth.

Image credit: Sunna Withers AICO 20…