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 Micklegate Social in York The centre of the galaxy smells like raspberries and tastes like rum A syzygystic coincidence? Coronal mass ejection in 2012 The B...
Aug 13, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 41
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: Historical balloon telescopes The Cosmic Microwave Background Sixty Symbols video about the CMB COBE mission WMAP mission The Planck mission The CMB and Inflati...
Jul 28, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 41
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: Apollo 11 anniversary The Dish (96% on Rotten Tomatoes) Science during the Apollo 11 mission ROI for the Moon missions Future Moon missions Mars missions...
Jul 21, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 40
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 Giant Magellan Telescope A good video about the GMT from National Geographic XKCD on telescope names The plain old Magellan Telescope SALT, the South Africa...
Jun 30, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 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: The blue supergiant paper Blue Supergiants Rigel in Orion Space telescopes Supernova 1987a...
Jun 14, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 38
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! What The BLEEP? Mark Kermode reviews “What T...
May 14, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 37
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! Hayabusa mission Hayabusa blasts an asteroid...
May 11, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 37
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 Adaptive Optics ...
May 03, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 36
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) Event Horizon Telescope How To Understand the Image of a Black Hole , by Veritasium … and explainer afterwards ...
Apr 23, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 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 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 image...
Apr 05, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 34
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: Happy Birthday, Astrocampus! Royal Astronomical Society article about Bethany’s research Bethany’s paper Binary star systems Habitable Zone A septuple star syst...
Mar 21, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 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 talk about in this episode: TESS the exoplanet hunter JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission The Ryuga asteroid Ceres, the dwarf planet Brian May, astrophysicist Origin of Earth’s water Ryugu, the drago...
Mar 15, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 32
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: LIGO Time for an upgrade WIRED story about the upgrade Gravitational waves Methods of detecting gravitational waves Veritasium video on wave interference Interf...
Feb 22, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 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’v...
Feb 15, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 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 research in this episode: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2019/01/16/science.aat2965?rss=1 Article about the research: https://www.universetoday...
Feb 08, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 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 Super Wolf Blood Moon of 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBWYEffBpW0 Meteorite impact during eclipse: https://www.space.com/43075-blood-moon-2019-mete...
Jan 25, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 28
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...
Dec 25, 2018•23 min•Season 1Ep. 27
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 creat...
Dec 19, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 26
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 — 201...
Dec 10, 2018•49 min•Season 1Ep. 25
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/astr...
Nov 23, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 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 fue...
Nov 19, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 23
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 ep...
Nov 09, 2018•49 min•Season 1Ep. 22
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 t...
Nov 02, 2018•46 min•Season 1Ep. 21
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 ...
Oct 26, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 20
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-...
Oct 19, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 19
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/sc...
Oct 12, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 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: Quantum weirdness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kb1VT0J3DE Quantum entanglement: https://www.quantamagazine.org/entanglement...
Sep 28, 2018•12 min•Season 1Ep. 17
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...
Aug 10, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 16
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,...
Aug 03, 2018•34 min•Season 1Ep. 15
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,...
Jul 26, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 14
