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| 03 Apr 2018 | Episode 00: A Syzygy Sneak Peek | 00:03:21 | |
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| 05 Apr 2018 | Episode 01: Planets, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away | 00:33:41 | |
Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod Emily is an astronomer at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris can be found online: kipstewart.com Some of the things we talk about in this episode: Geocentric models of the universe: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_model Retrograde motion of planets & heliocentric models: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/OrbitsHistory/ Poor Pluto: www.universetoday.com/13573/why-pluto-is-no-longer-a-planet/ First exoplanet confirmed 1995: exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/2084/ The transit method: www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/exoplanets/transit-photometry.html Kepler mission: kepler.nasa.gov Exoplanets we know of: exoplanets.nasa.gov Our location in the Milky Way: www.universetoday.com/65601/where-is-earth-in-the-milky-way/ Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers opening line: www.goodreads.com/quotes/54481-far-out-in-the-uncharted-backwaters-of-the-unfashionable-end Extragalactic planets paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaa5fb Extragalactic planets news story: www.sciencealert.com/planets-found-in-another-galaxy-quasar-gravitational-microlensing Quasars: www.spacetelescope.org/science/black_holes/ Gravitational Lensing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lens Einstein and the solar eclipse: www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/07/04/how-a-solar-eclipse-first-proved-einstein-right/#6bda2738766a Funhouse quasar image: phys.org/news/2018-02-astrophysicists-planets-extragalactic-galaxies-microlensing.html Rogue planets: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_planet Planet HIP13044b: www.space.com/9556-alien-planet-galaxy-discovered.html Galactic Cannibalism: www.universetoday.com/89086/galactic-cannibalism/ Exoplanet in Andromeda: www.newscientist.com/article/dn17287-first-extragalactic-exoplanet-may-have-been-found/ Exoplanet microlensing a quasar: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extragalactic_planet#Twin_Quasar-related_planet | |||
| 13 Apr 2018 | Episode 02: Dark Matter Is Out There, Even When It's Not | 00:29:41 | |
If you like what you've heard on Syzygy, let us know: Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com Tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes or your podcast directory of choice, or just drop us a note to say hi! Some of the things we talk about in this episode: Dark Matter in the news: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/galaxy-seems-to-lack-dark-matter-stumping-astronomers/ Nature Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25767 PDF of the paper: http://www.astro.yale.edu/dokkum/papers/mass.pdf Galaxy Rotation Curve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_rotation_curve MACHOs, WIMPS & other weirdness: https://theconversation.com/from-machos-to-wimps-meet-the-top-five-candidates-for-dark-matter-51516 Dark matter and galaxy clusters: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/galaxy-clusters-reveal-new-dark-matter-insights Galaxies in collision: https://phys.org/news/2016-10-galaxies-collide.html The Bullet Cluster: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060824.html | |||
| 19 Apr 2018 | Episode 03: Holding Our Breath For TESS! | 00:38:56 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com Some of the things we talk about in this episode: Astronomical naming schemes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_naming_conventions TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov The best exoplanet pages out there- get lost in the awesome! https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/ Kepler and K2 missions: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html Comparing Kepler and TESS fields of view: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=12885&button=recent Exoplanet atmospheres: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2130730-neptune-like-exoplanet-spotted-that-has-a-watery-atmosphere/ TESS’s Mission Objectives: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/tess/objectives.html TESS’s orbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AIbD2WxyN8 SpaceX Rocket Man: https://youtu.be/aBr2kKAHN6M Fly Your Exoplanet on TESS: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/fly_your_exoplanet.html https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/fly_your_exoplanet_pics.html James Webb Space Telescope: https://jwst.nasa.gov JWST and Hubble mirror comparison: https://jwst.nasa.gov/mirrors.html JWST’s L2 Lagrange Point: https://www.wired.com/2011/08/james-webb-space-telescope-and-l2-orbits/ Lagrange and Laplace: https://manyworldstheory.com/2014/11/24/lagrange-laplace-and-legendre-which-one-is-which/ | |||
| 27 Apr 2018 | Episode 04: The Music Of The Stars | 00:32:37 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com Some of the things we talk about in this episode: TESS launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3niFzo5VLI TESS’s crazy orbit: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/tess/operations.html TESS’s telescopes: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/tess/the-tess-space-telescope.html Emily’s research: https://www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/#research Types of variable stars: https://www.space.com/15396-variable-stars.html Modes of vibration on a string: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSIw5SgUirg Red Giant stars: https://www.universetoday.com/24720/red-giant-star/ Animation of a stellar pulsation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IVm_aE3k98 The Sun’s core is rotating faster than its surface: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/esa-nasa-s-soho-reveals-rapidly-rotating-solar-core The Song of the Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2eQPOo95l0&feature=youtu.be Singing Stars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzeJq3CbiZM | |||
| 04 May 2018 | Episode 05: Diamonds from Space! | 00:31:39 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com Some of the things we talk about in this episode: TESS mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3niFzo5VLI The nanodiamond meteorite paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03808-6 Guardian article on the story: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/17/diamonds-in-sudan-meteorite-are-remnants-of-lost-planet The Asteroid Belt: https://www.universetoday.com/32856/asteroid-belt/ Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, lizardy sock puppet: https://youtu.be/MLtlcSR9A6M Nanodiamonds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanodiamond Solar System formation: http://hubblesite.org/hubble_discoveries/discovering_planets_beyond/how-do-planets-form Solar System formation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhy1fucSRQI Theia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia_(planet) Meteorite 2008 TC3: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/meteorites-found-from-asteroid-2008-tc3/ Exploding meteor over Russia in 2013: https://youtu.be/fBLjB5qavxY Meteortites stand out in the desert: https://www.universetoday.com/89656/the-asteroid-that-fell-to-earth-meteorites-from-2008-tc3-still-giving-up-their-secrets/ Meteorites on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xmeteorite.TRS0&_nkw=meteorite&_sacat=0 Meteorites in Antarctica: https://www.space.com/14316-hundreds-meteorites-antarctica-scientists.html | |||
| 20 May 2018 | Episode 06: Galaxy Pile Up Causes Cosmic Chaos! | 00:32:06 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com —————————— Some of the things we talk about in this episode: The Galactic Pile Up paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0025-2 A good article about the pile up: https://www.sciencealert.com/galaxy-megamergers-in-the-early-universe-protoclusters-spt2349-56-dusty-red-core Syzygy Ep 01: https://www.syzygy.fm/podcast/2018/4/4/episode01 Rogue planets:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_planet The ESA’s Gaia mission: http://sci.esa.int/gaia/ The Whirlpool Galaxy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Galaxy The Magellanic Clouds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellanic_Clouds The Local Group of galaxies: https://www.universetoday.com/30286/local-group/ Size comparison of Andromeda and the Moon: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/01/01/moon_and_andromeda_relative_size_in_the_sky.html The Virgo Supercluster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgo_Supercluster The Millennium Simulation Project: https://wwwmpa.mpa-garching.mpg.de/galform/virgo/millennium/ A video zoom into the universe from the Millennium Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74IsySs3RGU Minute Physics video on how the simulation was done, with some awesome graphics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP-C_B8nSmw | |||
| 25 May 2018 | Episode 07: Plumes of Ice on Europa | 00:43:13 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com Some of the things we talk about in this episode: TESS Mission first images! https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-s-new-planet-hunter-snaps-initial-test-image-swings-by-moon-toward-final-orbit The Europa Plume paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0450-z A good article about the pile up: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/twenty-years-ago-the-galileo-spacecraft-flew-through-a-plume-on-europa/ The Galileo Mission: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/galileo/overview/ Jupiter’s moons: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/overview/ The Cassini mission: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov Cassini’s awesome photo album: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/hall-of-fame/ Saturn’s moon Enceladus: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/moons/enceladus_(moon) Water plumes on Enceladus: https://theconversation.com/icy-plumes-bursting-from-saturns-moon-enceladus-suggest-it-could-harbour-life-38673 Hubble images of plumes on Europa: https://gizmodo.com/hubble-discovers-new-evidence-of-geyser-activity-on-eur-1787081944 ESA’s JUICE mission: http://sci.esa.int/juice/ NASA’s Europa Clipper mission: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/europa-clipper/ Extremophiles on Earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremophile | |||
| 01 Jun 2018 | Episode 07 (supplemental): Octopuses from Space! | 00:07:00 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com Some of the things we talk about in this episode: The Octopuses from Space paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079610718300798 Panspermia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia Octopuses? Octopi? Octopodes? https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/what-are-the-plurals-of-octopus-hippopotamus-syllabus Octopuses are awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCAIedFgdY0 Octopuses are really awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG6JebW63f4 Occam’s Razor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor | |||
| 08 Jun 2018 | Episode 08: The Frozen Dunes of Pluto | 00:38:04 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com Some of the things we talk about in this episode: • The Dunes on Pluto paper: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/992 • A good article about the paper: https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/scientists-unlock-the-secrets-of-pluto-s-methane-dunes • All about Pluto from NASA: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/pluto/overview/ • When I was your age, Pluto was a Planet! https://www.redbubble.com/people/kipstewart/works/3024944-when-i-was-your-age-pluto-was-a-planet?p=t-shirt • Why Pluto is no longer a planet: https://www.universetoday.com/13573/why-pluto-is-no-longer-a-planet/ • How Pluto got its name: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-pluto-got-its-name-180955912/ • The Kuiper Belt: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/kuiper-belt/in-depth/ • The New Horizons mission: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html • Images of Pluto, before and after New Horizons: https://blogs.nasa.gov/pluto/2016/08/04/pluto-what-a-journey/ • Pluto … or Pluto™? https://twitter.com/ekaschyk/status/620967219934154752 • Images of the dunes on Pluto: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/992/tab-figures-data • Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore | |||
| 15 Jun 2018 | Episode 09: Life on Mars? | 00:38:25 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com Some of the things we talk about in this episode: • NASA’s announcement: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-finds-ancient-organic-material-mysterious-methane-on-mars • The first Science paper about Methane: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6393/1093 • The second Science paper about organics in the dirt: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6393/1096 • NASA’s Curiosity rover: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html Video showing Curiosity’s view of the Gale Crater: https://youtu.be/U5nrrnAukwI • Curiosity’s selfie: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/mount-sharp-photobombs-mars-curiosity-rover • Curiosity sings Happy Birthday to itself: https://youtu.be/uxVVgBAosqg • Methane from cows: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/cow-emissions-more-damaging-to-planet-than-co2-from-cars-427843.html • Water on Mars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_on_Mars • Olympus Mons: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/solar_system_highlights/olympus_mons • ESA’s ExoMars: http://exploration.esa.int/mars/48088-mission-overview/ • The fate of the Schiaparelli Lander: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-blogs/schiaparelli-requiem-for-a-mars-lander/ • NASA’s Spirit & Opportunity rovers: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/index.html • The Mars 2020 mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/overview/ • The Mars Helicopter! https://youtu.be/oOMQOqKRWjU • Sending humans to Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/content/journey-to-mars-overview | |||
| 22 Jun 2018 | Episode 10: So you want to be an astronomer? | 00:44:05 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com Some of the things we talk about in this episode: The University of York's Astrocampus: http://www.astrocampus.org.uk The Hubble Space Telescope: https://www.spacetelescope.org Top 100 Hubble images: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/archive/top100/ Big Data in Astronomy: https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2015/jun/25/big-universe-big-data-astronomical-opportunity Careers in Astronomy: https://aas.org/learn/careers-astronomy Amateur astronomy around the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_astronomical_societies Astronomy apps: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/752-best-space-watching-apps.html Galaxy Zoo: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zookeeper/galaxy-zoo/ More citizen science: https://www.zooniverse.org | |||
| 29 Jun 2018 | Episode 11: Black Hole Eats Star, Then Burps | 00:44:05 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com To view the podcast chapter list and artwork in this episode, you could do worse than use the Overcast app on iOS, or Pocket Casts on Android. (Other podcast players are available, though they may not handle mp3 chapters nicely.) Some of the things we talk about in this episode: • This week’s black hole paper: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2018/06/13/science.aao4669 • A good article about the story: https://www.sciencealert.com/arp-299-supermassive-black-hole-tidal-disruption-event-relativistic-jet-direct-image • Black holes: what are they, exactly? A basic primer: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-black-hole-k4.html • A bit more detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole • Want to blow your mind? Star Size Comparison 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoW8Tf7hTGA • Prof. Andrea Ghez looks at the supermassive black hole at the of the Galaxy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y9_g4b1PlA • Prof. Ghez’s group: http://www.galacticcenter.astro.ucla.edu • Galaxy collisions: https://phys.org/news/2016-10-galaxies-collide.html • Gravitational singularities: https://www.universetoday.com/84147/singularity/ • Stephen Hawking: http://www.hawking.org.uk • John Archibald Wheeler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler | |||
| 06 Jul 2018 | Episode 12: The Light Fantastic | 00:36:12 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com To view the podcast chapter list and artwork in this episode, you could do worse than use the Overcast app on iOS, or Pocket Casts on Android. (Other podcast players are available, though they may not handle mp3 chapters nicely.) Some of the things we talk about in this episode: • A listener question from Circus Stu! https://www.circusskillsyorkcic.org • James Clerk Maxwell: https://digital.nls.uk/scientists/biographies/james-clerk-maxwell/discoveries.html • Wave-particle duality of light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuv6hY6zsd0 • Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity: http://www.einstein-online.info/elementary/specialRT.html • General Theory of Relativity: https://www.newscientist.com/round-up/instant-expert-general-relativity/ • Bowling balls and rubber sheets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTY1Kje0yLg • Brian Cox drops stuff in a vacuum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E43-CfukEgs • Mass is weird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztc6QPNUqls • Neutrino astronomy: https://www.space.com/24334-neutrino-telescopes-astronomy-new-era.html • Gravitational waves: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/what-are-gw • Gravitational wave Astronomy: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-future-of-gravitational-wave-astronomy/ • Dark Sky Reserves: http://darksky.org | |||
| 20 Jul 2018 | Episode 13: Neutrino Messenger from a Distant Blazar | 00:35:34 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com To view the podcast chapter list and artwork in this episode, you could do worse than use the Overcast app on iOS, or Pocket Casts on Android. (Other podcast players are available, though they may not handle mp3 chapters nicely.) Some of the things we talk about in this episode: All the latest TESS news! https://tess.mit.edu/news/ TESS’s first light: http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/first-light-for-tess The Blazar Neutrino — Paper 1: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6398/eaat1378 Paper 2: : http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6398/147 A good article about the IceCube Neutrino: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/high-energy-neutrinos-blazar-icecube Neutrinos: https://icecube.wisc.edu/info/neutrinos IceCube Neutrino Observatory: https://icecube.wisc.edu IceCube’s stunning Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icecube_neutrino/ | |||
| 26 Jul 2018 | Episode 14: Total Eclipse of the Moon | 00:37:43 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com To view the podcast chapter list and artwork in this episode, you could do worse than use the Overcast app on iOS, or Pocket Casts on Android. (Other podcast players are available, though they may not handle mp3 chapters nicely.) Some of the things we talk about in this episode: • Mars is having a bit of a dust storm at the moment: https://mars.nasa.gov/weather/storm-watch-2018/ • Name the ExoMars rover! (Please, no Marsy McMarsfaces, OK?) https://events.airbus.com/exomarsnamecomp • When and where to see the Lunar Eclipse, 27 July 2018: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2018-july-27 • Solar eclipse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse • Solar corona: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona • Star Charts: https://astronomynow.com/uk-sky-chart/ • Free planetarium app for your computer/phone/tablet/device: http://stellarium.org • Historical eclipses: https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhistory/SEhistory.html • Historical comets: http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/54198-harbingers-of-doom-windy-exhalations-or-icy-wanderers/ • Historical supernovae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_supernova_observation • Betteridge’s Law of Headlines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines • Future eclipses: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html | |||
| 03 Aug 2018 | Episode 15: A Salty Lake on Mars | 00:34:19 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com To view the podcast chapter list and artwork in this episode, you could do worse than use the Overcast app on iOS, or Pocket Casts on Android. (Other podcast players are available, though they may not handle mp3 chapters nicely.) Some of the things we talk about in this episode: • Mars is *still* having a bit of a dust storm: https://mars.nasa.gov/weather/storm-watch-2018/ • Name the ExoMars rover! (Please, no Marsy McMarsfaces, OK?) https://events.airbus.com/exomarsnamecomp • The Lunar Eclipse, 27 July 2018, livestream replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqBStEIVF8o • So, water on Mars, eh? https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mars-may-have-lake-liquid-water-search-life • The scientific paper: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2018/07/24/science.aar7268 • The Mars Express mission: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express • Lake Vostok: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vostok • All the times we’ve found water on Mars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_on_Mars | |||
| 10 Aug 2018 | Episode 16: Einstein at the Heart of the Galaxy | 00:37:36 | |
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Find us on Twitter: @syzygypod twitter.com/SyzygyPod Or just visit us at home: syzygy.fm Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/ Chris online: kipstewart.com ——————————— Some of the things we talk about in this episode: TESS update: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Paper about the stars at the galactic core: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2018/07/aa33718-18/aa33718-18.html Article about the research: https://www.universetoday.com/139701/einstein-was-right-again-successful-test-of-general-relativity-near-a-supermassive-black-hole/ Video about the research: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1825a/ Video of the orbiting stars: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TF8THY5spmo Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity: https://www.newscientist.com/round-up/instant-expert-general-relativity/ The Very Large Telescope: http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/telescopes/vlti.html A visit to the VLT: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BXIA5r9r29I Tests of General Relativity: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tests_of_general_relativity | |||
| 28 Sep 2018 | 17: Quantum Conspiracy Theory | 00:12:02 | |
Want to help us make Syzygy even better? Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod ——————————— Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Visit us at syzygy.fm or find us on Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Quantum weirdness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kb1VT0J3DE Quantum entanglement: https://www.quantamagazine.org/entanglement-made-simple-20160428/ The MIT/Vienna experiment: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/miot-lfa082018.php | |||
| 12 Oct 2018 | 18: Mysterious Planet 9 | 00:40:50 | |
Want to help us make Syzygy even better? Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod ——————————— Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Visit us at syzygy.fm or find us on Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The Goblin paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.00013.pdf A more readable story about The Goblin: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-discovery-goblin-stirs-signs-elusive-planet-9-180970442/ The Astronomical Unit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit The Kuiper Belt: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/kuiper-belt The Voyager missions: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov The Heliopause: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere The Oort Cloud: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud Our nearest star (other than the Sun, which is a star also): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri Trans-Neptunian Objects: https://www.universeguide.com/fact/kuiperbelt The Subaru Telescope: https://subarutelescope.org The Skymapper Telescope: https://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observatories/telescopes/skymapper-telescope The Zooniverse — get some Citizen Science going: https://www.zooniverse.org/ Zooniverse — Backyard Worlds: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/marckuchner/backyard-worlds-planet-9 | |||
| 19 Oct 2018 | 19: Moons, Exomoons & Moonmoons | 00:42:55 | |
Want to help us make Syzygy even better? Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod ——————————— Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Visit us at syzygy.fm or find us on Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Kepler mission: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/ Kepler’s been put to sleep: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/kepler-put-into-sleep-mode-as-telescope-s-pointing-performance-degrades Hubble’s gyro problems: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/10/hubble-space-telescope-taken-offline-after-gyroscope-failure/ Exomoon paper: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/10/eaav1784 Moons of the Solar System: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/in-depth/ Saturn’s moonlets: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/31/saturns-rings-contain-millions-moonlets-new-nasa-images-reveal-cassini Jupiter’s rings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Jupiter Multiple star systems: https://www.universetoday.com/132154/multiple-star-systems/ Pluto & Charon: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/pluto-and-charon-new-horizons-dynamic-duo Animations of the Pluto-Charon binary: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Animations/Pluto-System.php | |||
| 26 Oct 2018 | 20: Photo of a Black Hole | 00:38:18 | |
Want to help us make Syzygy even better? Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Visit us at syzygy.fm or find us on Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: SYZYGY LIVE! Podcast recording at YorNight 2018 https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018/ Fermi’s new constellations for the high-energy sky: https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018/ Imaging the SMBH at the centre of the Milky Way: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/magazine/how-do-you-take-a-picture-of-a-black-hole-with-a-telescope-as-big-as-the-earth.html Event Horizon Telescope: https://eventhorizontelescope.org Emily’s Astrocampus at the Uni of York : https://eventhorizontelescope.org Sagittarius A*: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_A* Star S2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S2_(star) A truck-full of data: https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/ The Black Hole (movie): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1002497_black_hole Interstellar (movie): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/interstellar_2014 The physics of the Interstellar black hole: https://www.wired.com/2014/10/astrophysics-interstellar-black-hole/ Gravitational lensing: https://www.spacetelescope.org/science/gravitational_lensing/ Pale Blue Dot: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/536/pale-blue-dot/ Carl Sagan on the Pale Blue Dot image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g | |||
| 02 Nov 2018 | 21: BepiColombo goes to Mercury | 00:45:45 | |
SYZYGY LIVE! Join us for a very special live podcast recording at the University of York’s YorNight 2018: https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018/ Want to help us make Syzygy even better? Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. Visit us at syzygy.fm or find us on Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: SYZYGY LIVE! Podcast recording at YorNight 2018 https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018/ NASA’s Mercury page: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mercury/overview/ NASA’s Messenger Mission: https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-s-messenger-spacecraft-10-years-in-space BepiColombo’s going to Mercury: http://sci.esa.int/bepicolombo/59288-bepicolombo-s-journey-to-mercury/ JAXA, Japan’s space agency: http://global.jaxa.jp Giuseppe “Bepi” Colombo: https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/Giuseppe_Bepi_Colombo_Grandfather_of_the_fly-by ESA’s video showing BepiColombo’s journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yp-q1wqgig Animation of Mercury’s 3:2 orbital resonance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUde7LFOlPs Tidal Locking: https://www.universetoday.com/123391/what-is-tidal-locking/ Ice on Mercury: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/water-ice-on-mercury/ Colour maps of Mercury: https://www.universetoday.com/102901/messengers-unique-view-a-colorful-spinning-planet-mercury/ The solar wind: https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SolarWind.shtml The Great Observatories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Observatories_program | |||
| 09 Nov 2018 | 22: How To Measure The Universe | 00:48:44 | |
SYZYGY LIVE! Join us for a very special live podcast recording at the University of York’s YorNight 2018: https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018/ Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Chris’s video about the cosmic distance ladder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFoHlWK571k The AU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit A very simple Parallax explanation: https://youtu.be/iwlMmJs1f5o Parsec definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec Cepheid Variables: https://www.space.com/15396-variable-stars.html NGC 4258: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/m106/ Type 1a Supernovae: https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/supernovae2.html Edwin Hubble: https://www.spacetelescope.org/about/history/the_man_behind_the_name/ Redshift and blueshift: https://www.space.com/25732-redshift-blueshift.html Hubble’s Constant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EP5cNoNuXo The expanding universe as explained by Brian Cox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR6wN8ym7SI | |||
| 19 Nov 2018 | 23: Syzygy Live! from YorNight 2018 | 00:41:24 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: YorNight 2018: https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018/ The Kepler mission: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler Kepler runs out of fuel: https://www.space.com/41363-kepler-exoplanet-hunting-telescope-dead.html TESS: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA’s heart-tugging animation: https://nasaviz.gsfc.nasa.gov/20284 NASA’s Exoplanet Travel Bureau: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/exoplanet-travel-bureau/ Kepler 78b: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/226/kepler-78b/ Kepler 64b: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/222/kepler-64b-four-star-planet/ Musical note: Chris would like to acknowledge that he now realises that The Exoplanet Song’s chorus melody is really quite similar to the verse melody from Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours”. And by “quite similar” he means “almost identical to”. He’d like to point out that he did have a sneaking suspicion there was a reason the song had come to him so quickly … So, you know, thanks Jason.) | |||
| 23 Nov 2018 | 24: Black Holes Feeding On Colliding Galaxies | 00:38:30 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The merging galaxies paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0652-7 Hubblesite article about the story: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/astronomers-unveil-growing-black-holes-in-colliding-galaxies Simulations of galaxy collisions: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10687 Stephan’s Quintet: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140327.html Keck Observatory: http://www.keckobservatory.org Gravitational wave discovery: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo20170927 Simulations of SMBH mergers: https://www.space.com/42017-merging-supermassive-black-holes-eerie-glow.html Milky Way and Andromeda are going to collide: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html And they will form … Milkdromeda! https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30955 Andromeda in the night sky: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061228.html If only Andromeda was a bit brighter: http://i.imgur.com/EpuhHJa.png | |||
| 10 Dec 2018 | 25: Picture The Sky | 00:48:53 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Image 1, The Pillars of Creation, from Time Magazine’s 100 Photos site: http://100photos.time.com/photos/nasa-pillars-of-creation The Pillars of Creation — 2015 update: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-pillars-of-creation Comparing the two images: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1501d/ Modelling the Pillars in 3D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWklVPvk0C8 Image 2, Huge Hubble panorama of Andromeda galaxy: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/ Zoom into Andromeda! https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/ A video zoom into the Andromeda image: https://youtu.be/aLlQxsGyhnw A fly-through in 4k: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udAL48P5NJU The zoom that broke Chris’s brain: http://hubblesite.org/image/3478/news_release/2015-02 Chris’s video on Andromeda’s awesomeness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wicEtpPfry4 Chris Baker, Galaxy on Glass: https://galaxyonglass.com Image 3, Chris’s Witch’s Broomstick: https://galaxyonglass.com/product/supernova-the-witchs-broom/ The Witch’s Broom, a.k.a The Veil Nebula: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_Nebula The Cygnus Loop Nebula: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/pia15415.html Image 4, Chris’s Rosette: https://galaxyonglass.com/product/the-rosette/ The Rosette Nebula: https://oneminuteastronomer.com/2477/rosette-nebula/ Strömgren Spheres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strömgren_sphere | |||
| 19 Dec 2018 | 26: How To Build A Solar System | 00:40:42 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The early solar system: https://www.space.com/35526-solar-system-formation.html Stellar nurseries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_formation Pillars of creation: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-pillars-of-creation The Snow Line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost_line_(astrophysics) Models of planet formation: http://cosmicdiary.org/geminiplanetimager/2015/09/16/what-do-we-know-about-planet-formation/ Where did Earth’s water come from? https://cosmosmagazine.com/geoscience/where-did-earth-get-its-water Jupiter and Saturn migration: https://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/young-jupiter.html Hot Jupiters: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/investigating-the-mystery-of-migrating-hot-jupiters | |||
| 25 Dec 2018 | 27: Up A Mountain In NZ | 00:23:16 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod | |||
| 25 Jan 2019 | 28: All Exoplanets Are Exciting | 00:46:16 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Meteorite impact during eclipse: https://www.space.com/43075-blood-moon-2019-meteor-impact-video.html Future Eclipses: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html Got some spare dough? Send Emily and Chris to this eclipse! https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2020-december-14 Moon’s shadow on the Earth during solar eclipse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEJuBrRwlU4 TESS website: https://www.nasa.gov/tess-transiting-exoplanet-survey-satellite Juno mission photography: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/Juno TESS First Light: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1523/first-light-tess-shares-first-science-image-in-hunt-to-find-new-worlds/ First exoplanets from TESS data: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1542/nasas-tess-rounds-up-its-first-planets-snares-far-flung-supernovae/ Gamma Dor stars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Doradus_variable | |||
| 08 Feb 2019 | 29: The Serendipitous Rings of Saturn | 00:39:05 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The research in this episode: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2019/01/16/science.aat2965?rss=1 Article about the research: https://www.universetoday.com/141272/saturns-rings-are-only-10-to-100-million-years-old/ The Cassini-Huygens mission: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/ Images from Cassini: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/galleries/images/ Farewell, Cassini: https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/15/cassini-end-of-mission-rip/ Mimas, the Death Star moon: https://www.universetoday.com/15436/saturns-moon-mimas/ Comet smashes into Jupiter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker–Levy_9 How long is a day on Saturn? https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7316 | |||
| 15 Feb 2019 | 30: Stardust, or Cosmic Poo? | 00:39:31 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: International Year of the Periodic Table: https://www.iypt2019.org Dmitri Mendeleev: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev Farewell, Opportunity. You’ve done so very well! https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7334 Astronomer’s Periodic Table by Periodic Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6akrRznGgDc Stellar nucleosynthesis: https://www.thoughtco.com/stellar-nucleosynthesis-2699311 Big Bang nucleosynthesis: http://www.einstein-online.info/spotlights/BBN.html Supernova nucleosynthesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_nucleosynthesis Neutron star mergers: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v10/114 The elements song, by Tom Lehrer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcS3NOQnsQM An updated version, by Helen Arney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzvjB5hC2qc | |||
| 22 Feb 2019 | 31: LIGO Gets An Upgrade | 00:57:20 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Methods of detecting gravitational waves | |||
| 15 Mar 2019 | 32: A Mysterious Box of Asteroid Stuff | 00:38:39 | |
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| 21 Mar 2019 | 33: Goldilocks Zones around Binary Stars | 00:38:04 | |
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| 05 Apr 2019 | 34: This System's Got Everything! | 00:34:12 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: More than (or nearly!) 4000 exoplanets! Exoplanet archive says we’re so close to 4k! Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia says we’ve already passed 4k GRAVITY images exoplanet with optical interferometry | |||
| 23 Apr 2019 | 35: THAT Black Hole Image | 00:46:58 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The Black Hole Image press conference (NSF, USA) How To Understand the Image of a Black Hole, by Veritasium M87 Galaxy and its jet Rotating black holes (more Veritasium, what is it with this guy) | |||
| 03 May 2019 | 36: Scopes On A Plane! | 00:35:49 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: NASA announces the Helium Hydride discovery The original Nature paper NGC 7027, the Gummy Bear Nebula SOFIA, the scope on a plane that tweets | |||
| 11 May 2019 | 37: Crazy Donut Moon Theory | 00:41:57 | |
Syzygy LIVE! The Great Syzygy Space Off — 23 May in York! Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Syzygy LIVE! The Great Syzygy Space Off — 23 May in York! | |||
| 14 May 2019 | 37 (supplemental): Syzygy Film Club! | 00:04:16 | |
Syzygy LIVE! The Great Syzygy Space Off — 23 May in York! Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Syzygy LIVE! The Great Syzygy Space Off — 23 May in York! Mark Kermode reviews “What The Bleep Do We Know?!” Bleep?! on Rotten Tomatoes (36%) Gravity on Rotten Tomatoes (96%) Gravity review in the Guardian (5 stars) Modelling black holes for Interstellar Interstellar on Rotten Tomatoes (72%) Interstellar review in the Guardian (4 stars) | |||
| 14 Jun 2019 | 38: Blue Twinkly Supergiants | 00:34:00 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: | |||
| 30 Jun 2019 | 39: Ridiculously Large Telescopes | 00:47:39 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: A good video about the GMT from National Geographic The plain old Magellan Telescope SALT, the South African Large Telescope The European Extremely Large Telescope The Overwhelmingly Large Telescope (now cancelled) Making Magellan Mirrors (video) | |||
| 21 Jul 2019 | 40: One Giant Leap | 01:05:29 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The Dish (96% on Rotten Tomatoes) | |||
| 28 Jul 2019 | 41: Cosmic Microwave Background (Scopes on a Balloon!) | 00:53:00 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The Cosmic Microwave Background | |||
| 13 Aug 2019 | (Live) The Great Syzygy Space Off! | 00:53:09 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The centre of the galaxy smells like raspberries and tastes like rum | |||
| 02 Sep 2019 | Teaser: a special Ep 42 event | 00:02:48 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod | |||
| 09 Sep 2019 | 42: Life, The Universe, And Everything | 00:48:15 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Amazon affiliate link) 42, the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything | |||
| 09 Sep 2019 | World's First Trans-Galactic Podcast! | 00:07:43 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod | |||
| 20 Sep 2019 | 43: Moss Piglets in Spaaace! | 00:38:22 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: Israel’s moon mission crashes! | |||
| 27 Sep 2019 | 44: Waterworld? | 00:38:33 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: The research papers: Tsiaras et al, and Benneke et al National Geographic article about the discovery | |||
| 07 Oct 2019 | 45: Biggest Neutron Star Ever! | 00:46:20 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: NASA’s site on neutron stars, pulsars and magnetars Video on white dwarf stars by Kurzgesagt The 100m Greenbank Radio Observatory Jocelyn Bell Burnell and LGM-1 Neutron star limit, known as the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit | |||
| 11 Oct 2019 | 46: Dark Energy And The End Of The Universe | 00:49:33 | |
LIVE SHOW! We’re coming to the Podcast Social Club, Nov 22-23, in Thirsk, UK. Come join the audience for this fab podcast event! Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: The Podcast Social Club — Nov 22-23 Hubble and the expansion of the universe Measuring distance with standard candles Veritasium video on The 2011 Nobel Prize The fate of the universe: crunch, rip or chill? | |||
| 19 Oct 2019 | 47: The Milky Way Explodes! | 00:35:45 | |
LIVE SHOW! We’re coming to the Podcast Social Club, Nov 22-23, in Thirsk, UK. Come join the audience for this fab podcast event! Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: The Podcast Social Club — Nov 22-23 The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics Original research paper on the Milky Way explosion Joss Bland-Hawthorn’s Conversation article about the research The structure of the Milky Way | |||
| 26 Oct 2019 | 48: Wobbly Stars & Exoplanets | 00:45:00 | |
LIVE SHOW! We’re coming to the Podcast Social Club, Nov 22-23, in Thirsk, UK. Come join the audience for this fab podcast event! Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: The Podcast Social Club — Nov 22-23 | |||
| 06 Nov 2019 | 49: The Syzygy Planet Hunter's Guide | 01:06:04 | |
LIVE SHOW! We’re coming to the Podcast Social Club, Nov 22-23, in Thirsk, UK. Come join the audience for this fab podcast event! Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: The Podcast Social Club — Nov 22-23 The Official Syzygy Planet Spotter Scorecard Stellarium app for stargazing NASA’s overview of the planets Retrograde motion of the planets Saturn has more moons than Jupiter Exoplanet-hosting stars: Pollux, Formalhaut and Proxima Centauri Hubble image (!) of Fomalhaut b | |||
| 11 Nov 2019 | 50: Imposter Comet! | 00:43:52 | |
LIVE SHOW! We’re coming to the Podcast Social Club, Nov 22-23, in Thirsk, UK. Come join the audience for this fab podcast event! Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: The Podcast Social Club — Nov 22-23 2I/Borisov, first interstellar comet Research papers on 2I/Borisov: Initial characterisation and detection of cyanide ‘Oumuamua, an interstellar “asteroid?”™ Comet Shoemaker Levy rams into Jupiter in 1994 Kruger 60, hometown of 2I/Borisov? (Original paper) Comet Interceptor mission | |||
| 16 Nov 2019 | 51: Mercury in Transit! | 00:43:40 | |
LIVE SHOW! We’re coming to the Podcast Social Club, Nov 22-23, in Thirsk, UK. Come join the audience for this fab podcast event! Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: The Podcast Social Club — Nov 22-23 The transit of Mercury 2019 in glorious 4k! Transits in the future Exoplanet transit light curves CGP Grey: Which Planet is the Closest? | |||
| 04 Dec 2019 | 52: Live from the Podcast Social Club! | 00:43:40 | |
LIVE SHOW! We’re coming to the Podcast Social Club, Nov 22-23, in Thirsk, UK. Come join the audience for this fab podcast event! Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: Friend of the show Circus Stu and Circus Skills York — thanks for the bell, Stu! NASA’s Exoplanet Travel Bureau Chris’s deadly pulsar planet Emily’s deadly lava planet Chris’s terrifying glass planet Emily’s existentially terrifying rogue planet Chris’s weird & wonderful über-Saturn Emily’s weird & wonderful … exoplanet? Discovery of planet around PSR1829-10 and retraction Earthrise photo Pale Blue Dot, as made famous by Carl Sagan The Voyager missions | |||
| 13 Dec 2019 | 53: ’Tis the season(ality) | 00:39:24 | |
LIVE SHOW! We’re coming to the Podcast Social Club, Nov 22-23, in Thirsk, UK. Come join the audience for this fab podcast event! Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: The exoplanet seasonality paper A good article about the research Plate Tectonics with MinuteEarth | |||
| 20 Dec 2019 | 54: Black Hole Redemption | 00:39:12 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: The Supermassive Black Hole paper and press release A good article about the research All about SMBHs | |||
| 27 Dec 2019 | 55: The Starlink Controversy | 00:42:03 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: SpaceX’s Starlink Some good articles about the issue: Forbes, National Geographic, Sky & Telescope, Space.com Forbes article on some ways Starlink could be made better Official statements from the International Astronomical Union, the International Dark Sky Association, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory Change.org petition about Starlink | |||
| 17 Jan 2020 | 56: No Bang For Betelgeuse? | 00:49:05 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: Betteridge’s Law of Headlines Star Size Comparison video | |||
| 26 Jan 2020 | 57: Ancient Stardust and Gaia Sausage | 00:45:43 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: Gravitational Waves near Betelgeuse Original paper on the pre-solar grains in the Murchison Meteorite Video of Russian dash cam meteor The Tunguska Event of 1908 The Gaia mission | |||
| 19 Feb 2020 | 58: Astronomical Pancake Theory | 00:50:54 | |
Come see us live at the Northern Podcast Festival in Hull, 16 May Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: The Northern Podcast Festival in Hull, 16 May Pancake day, a.k.a Shrove Tuesday Angular Momentum and ice skating Planetary disks around other stars Galaxy formation and density waves Photo of a black hole (see also Syzygy episode 35) | |||
| 28 Feb 2020 | 59: Living With A Star | 00:46:29 | |
Come see us live at the Northern Podcast Festival in Hull, 16 May Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: Come to Syzygy live, 16 May, at the Northern Podcast Festival Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope Stunning images of the Sun’s surface | |||
| 06 Mar 2020 | 60: Big Moons! | 00:49:08 | |
Come see us live at the Northern Podcast Festival in Hull, 16 May Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: Come to Syzygy live, 16 May, at the Northern Podcast Festival The Moon Illusion, video by ASAP science | |||
| 13 Mar 2020 | 61: Biggest Bang Eva! | 00:45:36 | |
Come see us live at the Northern Podcast Festival in Hull, 16 May Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: Come to Syzygy live, 16 May, at the Northern Podcast Festival The original paper by Giacintucci et al Press releases: from Chandra X-Ray Observatory and from ICRAR Read more: NewScientist article Bigger than a supernova: Hypernovas! The SKA Telescope | |||
| 28 Mar 2020 | 62: The Cosmic Sponge | 00:54:26 | |
Come see us live at the Northern Podcast Festival in Hull, 16 May Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: Perseverance, the latest robot on Mars The Great Attractor The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey SDSS, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey The Millennium Simulation Project | |||
| 22 Apr 2020 | 63: A Pair Of Delta Scuti Lambda Boos | 00:38:15 | |
Come see us live at the Northern Podcast Festival in Hull, 16 May Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: Super Pink Moon, April 2020 Super Flower Moon, May 2020 The Nature Paper on this weird lopsided star (from arxiv) A phys-org article on the discovery Deep Sky video about Delta Scuti stars Roche lobes — don’t overfill yours! | |||
| 07 May 2020 | 64: Almost A Good Comet | 00:41:48 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: Atlas: comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System Hubble watches Atlas breaking up! Comet McNaught in 2007 Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 Halley’s Comet in 1986 | |||
| 15 May 2020 | 65: Burbidge Burbidge Fowler & Hoyle | 00:55:21 | |
Special Event! Syzygy Live at the Festival of Ideas — Friday 12 June, 8-9pm UK time. All the details at the website. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: The BBFH paper P-P chain reaction The Hot CNO cycle Margaret Burbidge obituary, 5 April 2020 Geoffrey Burbidge obituary, 6 Feb 2010 | |||
| 22 May 2020 | 66: Inscrutable Neutrons & Perplexing Pulsars | 00:57:18 | |
Special Event! Syzygy Live at the Festival of Ideas — Friday 12 June, 8-9pm UK time. All the details at the website. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talked about in this episode: Videos on neutron stars from Kurzgesagt: video 1, video 2 Most precise pulsar, more stable than an Atomic clock Video on the Supernova of 1054 Gravitational wave evidence for neutron star mergers Veritasium video on neutron star mergers | |||
| 24 Jun 2020 | 67: The Mystery of Dark Matter — Live from the York Festival of Ideas! | 01:00:35 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod | |||
| 03 Jul 2020 | 68: Birth Of A Planet | 00:49:22 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: ESO release on the research The ALMA telescope observations of 2017 ESO video zooming into the stettar disc The Snow Line, a.k.a. the Frost Line The cancelled Overwhelmingly Large Telescope Telescope names by xkcd | |||
| 16 Jul 2020 | 69: Solar Secrets & Nebulous Neutrinos | 00:56:29 | |
Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Comet NEOWISE Spotting NEOWISE in the sky: North America, the UK And so is China The CNO Neutrino research (PDF slides from talk) Nature article about the research Neutrinos, sneaky things The CNO cycle | |||
| 28 Jul 2020 | 70: Syzygy Summer Spectacular | 01:05:25 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Going to Mars: Books: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook Pods: Films: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio series Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy game Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy everything else TV: Space (Hyperspace), with Sam Neil YouTube: Emily’s drain-unblocking fave, post 10 Dr Pimple Popper (warning: not for the squeamish!) Sean Carroll’s Biggest Ideas in the Universe Web & Apps: Cats in Space Quoting Scientists Also worth checking out: Astro gear: Fabric & quilting: | |||
| 22 Sep 2020 | 71: Penguins on Venus? | 00:48:26 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Lead scientist Jane Greaves explains (video) Another good video about phosphine (Periodic Videos) Venus and the runaway greenhouse effect Extremophiles on Earth The Pigeon, the Antenna and Me (video) Missions to Venus First photos from Venus Parker Solar Probe mission BepiColombo’s Venus fly-by How hot is the surface of Venus again? | |||
| 20 Oct 2020 | 72: Nobel Black Holes | 01:13:15 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: As of 2020, 57 women have won a Nobel Prize (Marie Curie got two — Physics and Chemistry!) That’s 57 — compared to 870 men and 25 organisations. We should celebrate those who have won, and try harder to recognise, encourage and reward women across the sciences — and all facets of human endeavour. The 2020 Nobel Prize announcement video The Nobel Foundation’s 2020 Physics Prize page The Physics Nobel Prize since 1901 A short history of black holes Minute Physics video series on Special Relativity Royal Institution video introduction to General Relativity Schwarzschild and his radius Escher’s impossible constructions Star S2 orbiting the black hole at super speed An article on quantum gravity | |||
| 15 Dec 2020 | 73: Blanets & Squeezars | 00:59:34 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The Blanets paper On Interstellar and real physics Black hole photo from 2019 The recent Squeezar paper S2’s orbit around the supermassive black hole in our galaxy New speed and distance record holder S4714 | |||
| 14 Jan 2021 | 74: Vale Arecibo | 01:02:12 | |
In this rather delayed episode, we say farewell to an old friend: the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico, tragically destroyed at the start of December 2020 after 57 years of solid service. Wiping a fond tear from her eye, Emily recalls the scientific highlights and cultural importance of this great telescope dish. Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod You might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: Video of Arecibo’s final moments — Nature #WhatAreciboMeansToMe on Twitter Arecibo’s scientific legacy The SETI Institute The Arecibo Message | |||
| 12 Feb 2021 | 75: Story of the Sun | 01:02:00 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: | |||
| 05 Mar 2021 | 76: Everybody's Going To Mars | 01:02:46 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: NASA Mars Robot Family t-shirt — get yours now! China’s Tianwen 1 mission Tianwen 1’s space selfie Perseverance on twitter: @NASAPersevere Video of Perseverance's landing Image taken of the landing taken from Mars orbit! Perseverance’s first image from the surface The non-discovery of Martian life in a meteorite | |||
| 18 Mar 2021 | 77: A Night In The Life Of An Astronomer | 01:03:42 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: Emily’s telescope Emily’s research | |||
| 11 May 2021 | 78: Muons broke my physics! | 01:08:29 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: Ingenuity’s first flights on Mars! The Fermilab g-2 experiment A cartoon explainer of the muon g-2 | |||
| 01 Jun 2021 | 79: Voyager Hears A Hum | 00:52:12 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: China’s Mars mission Voyager 1 hears a hum | |||
| 22 Jun 2021 | 80: Mapping the Unseeable | 00:56:18 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: Links to DES papers The Planck mission | |||
| 29 Jun 2021 | 81: To Infinity And Beyond! | 00:59:48 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. | |||
| 19 Jul 2021 | 82: Billionaires In Space! | 01:10:26 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: Branson goes to space Bezos is going to space The Kármán Line Definitions of the edge of space | |||
| 12 Oct 2021 | 83: James Webb Set For Launch (Honestly!) | 00:57:27 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: Canadian Space Agency JWST page JWST’s 4 Science Themes Hubble Heritage Images Visible vs IR astronomy | |||
| 19 Oct 2021 | 84: Spot Speeds Up | 00:53:17 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: The Jupiter spot paper by Wong et al. ESA site on the discovery NASA’s Jupiter website The Juno mission and images Voyager I visits Jupiter Historical observations by Cassini & Hooke | |||
| 26 Oct 2021 | 85: Lucy In The Sky With Trojans | 00:49:22 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: The Lucy Mission Lucy’s gold plaque Lucy the fossil | |||
| 02 Nov 2021 | 86: Extragalactic X-Ray Exoplanet | 00:48:14 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: A good article about the research The Whirlpool Galaxy NASA’s exoplanets page Exoplanets in other galaxies | |||
| 16 Nov 2021 | 87: Star Go Boom! | 00:54:55 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: Hubble’s had some trouble A good article about SN 2020fqv Type I and Type II supernovae (video) Supernova naming conventions Space telescopes: TESS and Hubble The original Rosetta Stone | |||
| 23 Nov 2021 | 88: Galaxy Munchies | 00:49:39 | |
Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: The research paper A good article on the research Galactic cannibalism simulation from NASA | |||
| 05 Dec 2021 | 89: Diverting Dimorphos with DART | 00:59:11 | |
Every year, thousands of decent-sized chunks of rock hurtle past — and often into — the Earth. Of the ones that do hit, most burn up leaving a pretty trail. Occasionally, a bigger one explodes with a boom that shatters windows. More rarely, a big one wipes leaves a large smoking crater and widespread local destruction. Then there was that huge one that devestated the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs. Wouldn't want one of those again/ Fortunately, loads of astronomers are watching the skies to spot any asteroids getting too close for comfort. But what if they find one — what do we do about it? This month, a small spacecraft called DART began its mission to crash into a distant asteroid, to see if maybe we can shift it's orbit a little. It's a test, for sometime in the future, when we might need to do that for real, to save the planel. Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: The DART mission NASA’s Asteroid Watch Big asteroid impacts in history Sentinel space telescope | |||
| 21 Dec 2021 | 90: Touching The Sun | 00:57:52 | |
While the James Webb Space Telescope waits patiently for its new scheduled liftoff on Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe has been doing amazing things, whizzing through the outer edges of the Sun's corona for the very first time. Emily explains what we do — and staggeringly don't — know about our nearest star, and how Parker is going to help plug some of the more embarrassing gaps in our knowledge. Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Since you’re here, you might be interested in a new, sciencey podcast: Science, possibly — science-adjacent stories by Chris Stewart and James Lees. Things we talk about in this episode: JWST still set for launch The Photosphere The Chromosphere The Corona The Carrington Event of 1859 Parker touches the Sun! First images from inside the corona (feat. Milky Way!) | |||
| 11 Mar 2022 | 91: Baby Universe | 01:09:52 | |
We're back! Emily has some exciting news, and in regonition of this, we're starting a series of episodes on a theme — starting with the birth and infancy of the Universe! From the earliest physically-sensible moments, through the explosive growth spurt of Inflation, to the creation of forces, particles, nuclei and — eventuallly — atoms, we track the adorable and exciting early development of the cosmos. Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: The Big Bang Physics and Singularities The Cosmic Microwave Background Unification in physics Cosmic Inflation Epochs in the early Universe Big Bang nucleosynthesis The Dark Ages | |||
| 19 Mar 2022 | 92: Baby First Stars | 00:59:06 | |
Continuing our theme of baby-related astronomy, Emily picks up the story from last episode — we'd just finished making the universe and watching its insane growth spurt, and then ... the first stars turned on! And wow, were those first stars weird. Even weirder, there might still be some of them about, 13 billon years later! Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Laporte et al’s paper on the earliest stars A good article about the paper The cosmic web Stellar populations (I, II and III) | |||
| 26 Mar 2022 | 93: Baby Galaxies | 00:57:50 | |
This week, it's baby galaxies — the very, very ancient, and the surprisingly brand new. Emily looks back at the earliest things-we-might-consider-galaxies, and the competing models for how they formed. Then we take a peek into the beautiful M81 galaxy, which is, as we speak, sloughing off some of its stars and galaxy stuff, thanks to an ongoing fight with M82 next door. The fun part is, the extra stuff seems to be forming into a new galaxy — albeit one with a difficult future ahead ... Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: • The first galaxies • The tidal galaxy paper • The Dragonfly Telescope | |||
| 02 Apr 2022 | 94: A Star Is Born | 01:04:59 | |
We’ve done the baby universe, and baby galaxies, and the very first baby stars ... and *those* were a bit nasty, a bit grumpy. So this week, we're talking baby stars again, but in the modern era — stars being born now, as we speak. Mind you, just because they've got more than H and He to buiold with, doesn't mean they're any less temperamental. Emily takes use from the interstellar medium, through interstellar clouds and collapsing proto-stars, to the birth of a cute little pre-main-sequence star. Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store. Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: · The Interstellar medium and Interstellar clouds · Proto-stars and their windiness | |||
