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Episode 00: A Syzygy Sneak Peek

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Apr 3, 2018

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On the web at syzygy.fmOn Twitter @syzygypod

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Apr 3, 2018

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

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Episode 07: Plumes of Ice on Europa: Astronomers find evidence for water on one of Jupiter's moons, lying around in an old filing cabinet. OK not quite but close! by syzygy
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Episode 14: Total Eclipse of the Moon: This Friday, around 9pm UK time, get yourself outside and facing to the East to watch the longest Lunar Eclipse of the Century! by syzygy
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Episode 07 (supplemental): Octopuses from Space!: Apparently, octopuses are from space. Honest. by syzygy
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Episode 01: Planets, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Planets close to home, planets around other stars, planets even in other galaxies! by syzygy
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Episode 00: A Syzygy Sneak Peek: A little taste of what's to come. by syzygy
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Episode 10: So you want to be an astronomer?: I mean ... who *wouldn't* want to be an astronomer? by syzygy
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Episode 08: The Frozen Dunes of Pluto: It may have been demoted to Dwarf Planet status in 2006, but Pluto is still a pretty fascinating place! by syzygy
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37: Crazy Donut Moon Theory: Where did the Moon come from? Seems like an easy question, low-hanging fruit for astronomers, right? Not so fast. by syzygy
42 min listen
Episode 02: Dark Matter Is Out There, Even When It's Not: A galaxy with no dark matter freaks out the astronomical community. Emily and Chris investigate. by syzygy
30 min listen
Episode 03: Holding Our Breath For TESS!: TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is expected to launch ... any day now. by syzygy
39 min listen
Episode 04: The Music Of The Stars by syzygy
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Episode 09: Life on Mars? by syzygy
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Episode 06: Galaxy Pile Up Causes Cosmic Chaos! by syzygy
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Episode 13: Neutrino Messenger from a Distant Blazar: Can you do astronomy with a single particle? You betcha. by syzygy
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Episode 05: Diamonds from Space! by syzygy
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17: Quantum Conspiracy Theory: Summer holidays are over, though Emily is still running around overseas enjoying the astronomer lifestyle. So Chris shares a story that ticked him this week, about a bunch of physicists and astronomers who showed that if quantum theory is just a cosmic magic trick played on researchers, that trick h by syzygy
12 min listen
Episode 12: The Light Fantastic: So, what *is* this light stuff, exactly? by syzygy
36 min listen
19: Moons, Exomoons & Moonmoons: The Kepler mission found loads of exoplanets, and now astronomers are digging deeper into the data in the search for exo*moons* around those planets. by syzygy
43 min listen
29: The Serendipitous Rings of Saturn: Saturn's rings haven't been around as long as we thought, and won't last forever ... we're quite lucky to have seen then at all, actually. by syzygy
39 min listen
Episode 15: A Salty Lake on Mars: "We found water on Mars!" — "What ... again?!" by syzygy
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37 (supplemental): Syzygy Film Club!: Chris and Emily have feelings about the movies Gravity, Interstellar, and the classic What The Bleep Do We Know?! by syzygy
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48: Wobbly Stars & Exoplanets: Asteroseismology FTW! Studying starquakes can improve our knowledge of the mass and orbit of exoplanets by an astounding amount. Sadly, not all stars wobble in just the right ways, so the hunt is on for bigger and better models and methods ... by syzygy
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27: Up A Mountain In NZ: Emily is up a mountain in New Zealand being a real-life astronomer. by syzygy
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Episode 11: Black Hole Eats Star, Then Burps: Black holes — what else do you need to know? by syzygy
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20: Photo of a Black Hole: Astronomers are trying to take a picture of the giant black hole at the centre of the galaxy. They used a global network of telescopes, took literally truck-loads of data, and are methodically working through it all. by syzygy
38 min listen
36: Scopes On A Plane!: A telescope on a plane spots a sneaky molecule for the first time ever — a molecule that was the first ever formed in the universe — in a nebula that looks like a gummy bear. by syzygy
36 min listen
35: THAT Black Hole Image: A planet-sized telescope just took an image of a supermassive black hole and it's awesome. by syzygy
47 min listen
41: Cosmic Microwave Background (Scopes on a Balloon!) by syzygy
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31: LIGO Gets An Upgrade: If space-time can curve, then it can also wiggle. Spotting those wiggles, turns out, is *really hard*. by syzygy
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33: Goldilocks Zones around Binary Stars: York's Astrocampus turns five! And we bring our first every special guest to the Syzygy studio — Bethay Wootton,, who's just had her Masters research on habitable planets around binary stars published. by syzygy
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