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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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.

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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

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:

Sample-return missions

Video of Arecibo’s final moments — Nature

#WhatAreciboMeansToMe on Twitter

Arecibo’s scientific legacy

The SETI Institute

The Arecibo Message

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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 Blanets paper

On Interstellar and real physics

Black hole photo from 2019 

The Snow (or Frost) Line

The recent Squeezar paper

S2’s orbit around the supermassive black hole in our galaxy 

New speed and distance record holder S4714 

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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:

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.

Female Nobel Laureates

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

Quasars and AGN

Roger Penrose
Penrose tiling

MC Escher

Escher’s impossible constructions

Star S2 orbiting the black hole at super speed

ESO video of S2’s orbit

Andrea Ghez’s experiment

Reinhard Genzel

Sagittarius A*

Speckle imaging

Active and Adaptive Optics

An article on quantum gravity

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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 Phosphine on Venus paper

Lead scientist Jane Greaves explains (video)

Another good video about phosphine (Periodic Videos)

Venus and the runaway greenhouse effect

Extremophiles on Earth

Biosignatures

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?

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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:

Going to Mars:

China’s mission

UAE mission

USA mission

Books:

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book

Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook

Pods:

Astronomycast

Liftoff

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

Galaxy Quest

2001: A Space Odyssey

The Dish

Hidden Figures

TV:

Cosmos, Sagan edition

Cosmos, Updated

Space (Hyperspace), with Sam Neil

Space Force

Orbit

YouTube:

Emily’s drain-unblocking fave, post 10

Dr Pimple Popper (warning: not for the squeamish!)

Crash Course Astronomy

Deep Sky Videos

Sean Carroll’s Biggest Ideas in the Universe

Web & Apps:

Stellarium

Gaia Sky

Cats in Space Quoting Scientists

Lunar Loo Challenge

Also worth checking out:

Star In A Box

Ryugu Trek

Exoplanet Travel Bureau

If the Moon Were 1 Pixel

Astro gear:

Syzygy’s own merch

Emily’s Pinterest

STARtorialist

Galaxy on Glass

NASA valentines

Fabric & quilting:

Robert Kaufman Science Fair

Stargazer

Andover Colour Theory