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

Latest Episodes:

73: Blanets & Squeezars Dec 15, 2020

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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 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

72: Nobel Black Holes Oct 20, 2020

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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 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

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

Speckle imaging

Active and Adaptive Optics

An article on quantum gravity

71: Penguins on Venus? Sep 22, 2020

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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 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

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?

70: Syzygy Summer Spectacular Jul 28, 2020

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Syzygy Merch! Get it at the store.

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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 talk about in this episode:

Going to Mars:

China’s mission

Books:

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book

Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook

Pods:

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

2001: A Space Odyssey

TV:

Cosmos, Sagan edition

Cosmos, Updated

Space (Hyperspace), with Sam Neil

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:

Cats in Space Quoting Scientists

Lunar Loo Challenge

Also worth checking out:

Exoplanet Travel Bureau

If the Moon Were 1 Pixel

Astro gear:

Syzygy’s own merch

Emily’s Pinterest

Galaxy on Glass

NASA valentines

Fabric & quilting:

Robert Kaufman Science Fair

Andover Colour Theory

69: Solar Secrets & Nebulous Neutrinos Jul 16, 2020

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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 talk about in this episode:

Spotting NEOWISE in the sky: North America, the UK

The USA’s going to Mars

And so is China

The CNO Neutrino research (PDF slides from talk)

Nature article about the research

The Borexino experiment

Neutrinos, sneaky things

Fusion inside stars

PP Chain reaction

68: Birth Of A Planet Jul 03, 2020

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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 talk about in this episode:

ESO release on the research

The ALMA telescope observations of 2017

ESO video zooming into the stettar disc

The SPHERE instrument

The Snow Line, a.k.a. the Frost Line

The Extremely Large Telescope

The cancelled Overwhelmingly Large Telescope

Telescope names by xkcd

67: The Mystery of Dark Matter — Live from the York Festival of Ideas! Jun 24, 2020

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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

66: Inscrutable Neutrons & Perplexing Pulsars May 22, 2020

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Special Event! Syzygy Live at the Festival of Ideas — Friday 12 June, 8-9pm UK time. All the details at the website.

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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:

Neutron stars and pulsars

Videos on neutron stars from Kurzgesagt: video 1, video 2

Most precise pulsar, more stable than an Atomic clock

The Crab Nebula pulsar

Video on the Supernova of 1054

The Ideal Gas Law

Equations of state

Gravitational wave evidence for neutron star mergers

Veritasium video on neutron star mergers

65: Burbidge Burbidge Fowler & Hoyle May 15, 2020

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Special Event! Syzygy Live at the Festival of Ideas — Friday 12 June, 8-9pm UK time. All the details at the website.

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 talked about in this episode:

Nucleosynthesis

P-P chain reaction

The Hot CNO cycle

Margaret Burbidge obituary, 5 April 2020

Geoffrey Burbidge obituary, 6 Feb 2010

The Nobel Prize 1983

Hoyle and the Big Bang

64: Almost A Good Comet May 07, 2020

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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

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