syzygy

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83: James Webb Set For Launch (Honestly!) Oct 12, 2021

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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

82: Billionaires In Space! Jul 19, 2021

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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

81: To Infinity And Beyond! Jun 29, 2021

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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.

80: Mapping the Unseeable Jun 22, 2021

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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

79: Voyager Hears A Hum Jun 01, 2021

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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

78: Muons broke my physics! May 11, 2021

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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

77: A Night In The Life Of An Astronomer Mar 18, 2021

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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

76: Everybody's Going To Mars Mar 05, 2021

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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

75: Story of the Sun Feb 12, 2021

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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

74: Vale Arecibo Jan 14, 2021

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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.

Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store.

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

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