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We know, we know — we did exoplanets last time. But that was the current state-of-play and a 2024 exoplanets wrapped update. In this episode, Emily looks to the future! She does a deep dive into the promise of the just wonderful JWST, as it prods exoplanets in ways they’ve never been prodded before.
On the web: syzygy.fm
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.
Some of the things we talk about in this episode:
• The JWST mission
• The Transit method
• Exoplanet Phase Curves
• Exoplanet GJ1214b and the phase curve paper
• Transmission spectroscopy
• Exoplanet WASP 39b
• Direct imaging of exoplanets
• Exoplanet HIP65426b
• The JWST first release images
• The WASP 96-b “dodgy graph” (see Brundsen, 2025)
• Exoplanet WASP 43b’s day and night (and the Nature paper)
• The Trappist 1 system
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We know, we know — we did exoplanets last time. But that was the current state-of-play and a 2024 exoplanets wrapped update. In this episode, Emily looks to the future! She does a deep dive into the promise of the just wonderful JWST, as it prods exoplanets in ways they’ve never been prodded before.
On the web: syzygy.fm
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.
Some of the things we talk about in this episode:
• The JWST mission
• The Transit method
• Exoplanet Phase Curves
• Exoplanet GJ1214b and the phase curve paper
• Transmission spectroscopy
• Exoplanet WASP 39b
• Direct imaging of exoplanets
• Exoplanet HIP65426b
• The JWST first release images
• The WASP 96-b “dodgy graph” (see Brundsen, 2025)
• Exoplanet WASP 43b’s day and night (and the Nature paper)
• The Trappist 1 system

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