HeyJaredAllan I Carswell Observatory Presents: York Universe
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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20260921_Photos Taken While Travelling (opens the original)
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Paul and Julie revisit the birth of Ole Rømer, who demonstrated that light travels at a finite speed, and the photos taken by Voyager 1. In the news, they discuss zombie stars, hungry stars, and two pretty impressive space missions - the Nancy Grace Roman telescope and the SpaceX Starship. Episode image: The first image of the Earth and Moon in a single frame as captured by Voyager 1 on September 18, 1977 (NASA/JPL).
20260914_How to Crash A Satellite Party (opens the original)
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This episode features our host Dr. Hyde and a special guest co-host Cassia Bond. Cassia is an astrophysics PhD student and science communicator with a research focus on characterizing artificial satellites in near-Earth orbit. We discuss the crash clock and some possible satellite clean-up methods as well as Cassia's recent research in satellite detections at the Allan I Carswell Observatory. Image Credit: Celestrak (https://celestrak.org/events/collision/)
20260831_Outer Space: Situational Awareness, Satellites and more! (opens the original)
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This episode features soon to be MSc Sergiy Kernytsky who is joining us to talk about his astronomical and engineering research in satellites, and in particular how to find them. We discuss 'situational awareness' and his use of Event cameras as possible satellite detectors as well as a few other objects up there in our night skies. Image Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/DECam DELVE Survey
20260824_Death and Life Under the Stars (opens the original)
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Julie, Maheen, and Robin reflect on the lives of Fred Hoyle and Samuel Pierpont Langley, not to mention science communication and timekeeping. Special guest Victoria Di Giovanni joins the team to talk about a very unique event held to help grieving folks heal through connection with the night sky. Image credit: June Parsons/AICO
20260817_Black Hole Stars and Black Skies (opens the original)
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Join Dr. Hyde and Mahesh as they welcome Arfa Ali for her first York Universe co-hosting role with a dark astronomy topic. Black Hole stars are the news of the day in this exciting episode. We talk about black skies under eclipses, share some viewing stories and dive into the news around the Quasi-Stars or theoretical black hole stars that have been observed by JWST. Image Credit: Credit: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT
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