• 118: Sextuplet Symphony

  • Jan 30 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 1 min
  • Podcast

118: Sextuplet Symphony

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • After some lengthy follow-up (the Bennu sample is open at last! And SLIM is alive!), Emily investigates possibly the most podcasty story we’ve had on the show: six planets around distant star HD110067, all locked into resonances that play beautiful music. Turns out if you leave a planetary system alone for long enough, gravity tends to pull everything into simple harmonies. Maybe our own solar system has a song to sing in the far future?

    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 | Instagram & Threads: @syzygypod

    Things we talk about in this episode:

    • The Bennu asteroid sample is open!

    • JAXA SLIM updates

    • First SLIM images

    • Sextuplet symphony: The Nature paper

    • A good article about the discovery

    • Blog post by Dr Hugh Osborn with exoplanet music video

    • Trappist-1 system

    • Orbital resonances

    • Multiple star systems

    • JWST finds methane in exoplanet atmosphere

    • A breathless headline

    Show more Show less
Show more Show less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about 118: Sextuplet Symphony

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available