syzygy

By Chris Stewart & Emily BrunsdenScience Nature Physics Astronomy

syzygy episodes

May 07, 2020 64: Almost A Good Comet
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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
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!
Comets have two tails
Great Comets in history
Comet McNaught in 2007
Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997
Halley’s Comet in 1986
42 min
April 22, 2020 63: A Pair Of Delta Scuti Lambda Boos
Come see us live at the Northern Podcast Festival in Hull, 16 May
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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
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
Delta Scuti stars
Deep Sky video about Delta Scuti stars
Lambda Boo stars
Heartbeat stars
Roche lobes — don’t overfill yours!
39 min
March 28, 2020 62: The Cosmic Sponge
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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
Things we talked about in this episode:
Perseverance, the latest robot on Mars
The Observable Universe
The Great Attractor
The Zone of Avoidance
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey
SDSS, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Galaxy Zoo
Fly through the Universe!
The Millennium Simulation Project
Zoom into the Cosmic Sponge
Fly through the Millennium Simulation Universe
The Illustrious Simulation
Illustris simulation video
Dark Emulator
55 min
March 13, 2020 61: Biggest Bang Eva!
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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
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
Previous energy record holder
Read more: NewScientist article
Bigger than a supernova: Hypernovas!
The SKA Telescope
Video about the SKA:
Murchison Widefield Array
Giant Metrewave Radio
Galactic Cannibalism
46 min
March 06, 2020 60: Big Moons!
Come see us live at the Northern Podcast Festival in Hull, 16 May
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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
Things we talked about in this episode:
Come to Syzygy live, 16 May, at the Northern Podcast Festival
Supermoon
The Super Moons of 2020
Moons by month
Lunar months
The Moon Illusion, video by ASAP science
The Ponzo Illusion
The Parthenon’s visual tricks
The Ebbinghaus Illusion
50 min
February 28, 2020 59: Living With A Star
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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 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
Solar corona
Heliosphere
ESA’s Solar Orbiter
Video of the Solar Orbiter’s mission
Parker Solar Probe mission
Sun’s magnetic poles about to flip
47 min
February 19, 2020 58: Astronomical Pancake Theory
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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
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
Saturn and its rings
Evolution of the Solar System
Planetary disks around other stars
Galaxy formation and density waves
Photo of a black hole (see also Syzygy episode 35)
Accretion disk
51 min
January 26, 2020 57: Ancient Stardust and Gaia Sausage
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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
Things we talked about in this episode:
Gravitational Waves near Betelgeuse
The Murchison Meteorite
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
Gaia Sausage
46 min
January 17, 2020 56: No Bang For Betelgeuse?
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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
Things we talked about in this episode:
Betteridge’s Law of Headlines
Betelgeuse is acting weird
The recent observations
The constellation of Orion
Zoom into Orion Nebula
Barnard’s Loop
Supergiant stars
Stellar evolution
Star Size Comparison video
Supernova 1987a
Supernova candidates
50 min
December 27, 2019 55: The Starlink Controversy
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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
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
43 min