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    Natural Sciences

    syzygy

    Join astronomer Dr Emily Brunsden and enthusiastic not-astronomer Dr Chris Stewart as they explore the universe.

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    Latest Episodes:
    37: Crazy Donut Moon Theory May 11, 2019
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    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!

    Moon origin theories

    Primal supernova

    Late Heavy Bombardment Period

    Theia, planet of doom!

    Video of Theia collision (boooom!)

    The donut theory paper

    36: Scopes On A Plane! May 03, 2019
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    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 & Active Optics

    Planetary Nebulae

    35: THAT Black Hole Image Apr 23, 2019
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    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

    M87 Galaxy and its jet

    Katie Bouman is all of us

    Katie Bouman’s TED talk

    Interstellar’s black hole

    Doppler beaming

    Black hole history

    Rotating black holes (more Veritasium, what is it with this guy)

    Pale Blue Dot

    34: This System's Got Everything! Apr 05, 2019
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    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 images exoplanet with optical interferometry

    The GRAVITY paper

    The Very Large Telescope

    The GRAVITY instrument

    Animation of HR 8799 planetary orbits

    Gamma Doradus variable stars

    33: Goldilocks Zones around Binary Stars Mar 21, 2019
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    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 system

    32: A Mysterious Box of Asteroid Stuff Mar 15, 2019
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    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 dragon palace

    31: LIGO Gets An Upgrade Feb 22, 2019
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    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

    Interferometer animation

    Black hole merger in 2015

    Neutron star merger in 2017

    Cosmic inflation

    Theories Of Everything

    LISA — LIGO, but bigger, and in space!

    30: Stardust, or Cosmic Poo? Feb 15, 2019
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    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’ve done so very well! https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7334

    Astronomer’s Periodic Table by Periodic Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6akrRznGgDc

    Stellar nucleosynthesis: https://www.thoughtco.com/stellar-nucleosynthesis-2699311

    Big Bang nucleosynthesis: http://www.einstein-online.info/spotlights/BBN.html

    Supernova nucleosynthesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_nucleosynthesis

    Neutron star mergers: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v10/114

    The elements song, by Tom Lehrer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcS3NOQnsQM

    An updated version, by Helen Arney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzvjB5hC2qc

    29: The Serendipitous Rings of Saturn Feb 08, 2019
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    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.com/141272/saturns-rings-are-only-10-to-100-million-years-old/

    The Cassini-Huygens mission: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/

    Images from Cassini: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/galleries/images/

    Farewell, Cassini: https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/15/cassini-end-of-mission-rip/

    Mimas, the Death Star moon: https://www.universetoday.com/15436/saturns-moon-mimas/

    Comet smashes into Jupiter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker–Levy_9

    How long is a day on Saturn? https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7316

    28: All Exoplanets Are Exciting Jan 25, 2019
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    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-meteor-impact-video.html

    Future Eclipses: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html

    Got some spare dough? Send Emily and Chris to this eclipse! https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2020-december-14

    Moon’s shadow on the Earth during solar eclipse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEJuBrRwlU4

    TESS website: https://www.nasa.gov/tess-transiting-exoplanet-survey-satellite

    Juno mission photography: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/Juno

    TESS First Light: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1523/first-light-tess-shares-first-science-image-in-hunt-to-find-new-worlds/

    First exoplanets from TESS data: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1542/nasas-tess-rounds-up-its-first-planets-snares-far-flung-supernovae/

    Gamma Dor stars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Doradus_variable

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