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: While our reasons for going to the moon the first time may have been political, our achievement led to much more… -
On this episode of Our Island Universe: The roots of our need to explore and discover started with our migration out of Africa and our search for new… -
On this episode of Our Island Universe: Evidence that since we arrived on the scene, Homo sapiens have been exploring the world.Shanil Virani, Director of… -
On this episode of Our Island Universe: The discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 System may lead to identifying another planet that can sustain life.Read more… -
On this episode of Our Island Universe: Scientist may have observed the first evidence of a failed supernova.Read more about the discovery of this failed… -
On this episode of Our Island Universe: We celebrate Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. In 1963, on June 16th, over the span of three days,… -
On this episode of Our Island Universe: How we can thank a meteor for our pathway to the west.Read more about the Middlesboro crater.Shanil Virani,… -
On this episode of Our Island Universe: How can we wrap our minds around the concept of a Multiverse?Read more about the idea that six numbers can be used… -
On this episode of Our Island Universe: How a meteor 35 million years ago created the Chesapeake Bay. Read more about the Chesapeake Bay Impact… -
On this episode of Our Island Universe: The evidence of life on another world may be closer than you think.Read more about Europa and Enceladus.Shanil…
