syzygy

By Chris Stewart & Emily BrunsdenScience Nature Physics Astronomy

syzygy episodes

October 19, 2021 84: Spot Speeds Up
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Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.
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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
The Cassini-Huygens mission
Voyager I visits Jupiter
Historical observations by Cassini & Hooke
54 min
October 12, 2021 83: James Webb Set For Launch (Honestly!)
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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’s JWST page
ESA’s JWST page
Canadian Space Agency JWST page
The Great Observatories
Lagrange points
JWST’s 4 Science Themes
Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Heritage Images
Visible vs IR astronomy
58 min
July 19, 2021 82: Billionaires In Space!
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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:
Virgin Galactic
Branson goes to space
Blue Origin
Bezos is going to space
The Kármán Line
Definitions of the edge of space
1 hr 11 min
June 29, 2021 81: To Infinity And Beyond!
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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.
1 hr
June 22, 2021 80: Mapping the Unseeable
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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 Dark Energy Survey
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
Links to DES papers
The Planck mission
Galaxy on Glass
57 min
June 01, 2021 79: Voyager Hears A Hum
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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
The NASA Voyager mission site
The interstellar medium
53 min
May 11, 2021 78: Muons broke my physics!
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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
The Standard Model of particle physics
Lattice QCD
Lattice results and the muon g-2
1 hr 9 min
March 18, 2021 77: A Night In The Life Of An Astronomer
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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:
Mt John Observatory
Emily’s telescope
Emily’s research
Cassegrain telescopes
1 hr 4 min
March 05, 2021 76: Everybody's Going To Mars
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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!
The UAE’s Hope mission
China’s Tianwen 1 mission
Tianwen 1’s space selfie
NASA’s Perseverance mission
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
Searching for life on Mars
The non-discovery of Martian life in a meteorite
What does Mars sound like?
NASA Mars rover family portrait
The code in the parachute
1 hr 3 min
February 12, 2021 75: Story of the Sun
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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:
Missions to Mars in 2021
Stellar evolution
The birth of stars
Red Giant stars
Planetary Nebulae
White Dwarf stars
1 hr 2 min