Our Island Universe
Aired on WMRA from 2015 - 2017
Our Island Universe was a 90 second look at new discoveries in our understanding of what lies beyond the horizon and what it means to us here on earth. It aired on WMRA from 2015 to 2017.
Our Island Universe was produced in partnership between WMRA and James Madison University's John C. Wells Planetarium.
Our Island Universe was hosted by Shanil Virani, who at the time was Director of the state-of-the-art, hybrid John C. Wells Planetarium and a faculty member in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at James Madison University.
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On this episode of Our Island Universe: The ultimate fate of our sun.Read about Lucy, the White Dwarf star in the constellation Centaurus.ShanilVirani,…
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On this episode of Our Island Universe: After 13 years surveying Saturn and its moons, the space probe Cassini is entering the final stages of its…
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On this episode of Our Island Universe: We celebrate NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who now holds the record for time spent in space by an American…
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On this episode of Our Island Universe: The state of science literacy today and why it matters to our society as a whole.Shanil Virani, Director of the…
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On this episode of Our Island Universe: Uncovering the clues to the disappearance of the Martian atmosphere.Read more about the Martian Atmosphere.Shanil…
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On this episode of Our Island Universe: Efforts are underway to observe the super-massive black hole at the center of our Galaxy.Read more about the Event…
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On this episode of Our Island Universe: How Dr. Andrea Ghez and her team uncovered conclusive evidence of a supermassive black hole at the center of our…
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On this episode of Our Island Universe: How Henrietta Swan Leavitt used her observations of the light intensity of stars to solve the riddle of distance…
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On this episode of Our Island Universe: How Vera Rubin discovered Dark Matter.Read more about Dark MatterShanil Virani, Director of the John C. Wells…
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On this episode of Our Island Universe: We celebrate Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her discovery of Pulsars.Read more about Jocelyn Bell Burnell.Learn more…