# brunsden (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover brunsden. Page: Feed: --- ## [s3e4: What IS Life, Anyway?](https://syzygy.fm/podcast/s3e4) _2026-01-28 · Chris Stewart · syzygy_ Finaly — finally! — Chris and Emily get to the meat of the matter in this season on life in the universe. Very special guest Dr Kelly Redeker from the Department of Biology at the University of York breaks down the principles of life, both on Earth and on other worlds (or "slimy rocks" as Emily insists on calling them). Do you need a Frankenstein-esque spark? Is life inevitable? What about complex… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/syzygy/static1.squarespace.com/static/5aabb4e9cef372e3445b5ad8/t/697a2e0789cb8525e69013be/1769614946846/Syzygy+e3e4.mp3) ## [s3e3: Solar System Sanctuaries](https://syzygy.fm/podcast/s3e3) _2025-12-04 · Chris Stewart · syzygy_ In this season on life in the universe, it's time to look closer to home: what are the chances we will find evidence of life — present or past-tense — in the Solar System, our own back yard? Emily's fabulous colleague Dr Clément Moissard, plasma physicist at the University of York, joins us to discuss the search for life on Mars, on the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn ... even on Pluto?! Surely… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/syzygy/static1.squarespace.com/static/5aabb4e9cef372e3445b5ad8/t/6931a3b3abca213e2523a3cc/1769614567915/Syzygy+s3e3.mp3) ## [s3e2: Habitats in the Void](https://syzygy.fm/podcast/s3e2) _2025-11-19 · Chris Stewart · syzygy_ Having established that the hunt for life in the galaxy ought to begin with an appropriate star, Emily turns our attention towards suitable planets. But what makes a hospitable home for life? It’s complicated, and it seems whatever way we look at it, we don’t have a lot of candidates to choose from. Emily discusses earth-like rocky planets, ocean worlds, and wonderfully-named Chthonian planets,… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/syzygy/static1.squarespace.com/static/5aabb4e9cef372e3445b5ad8/t/691dd936a45e1967fb432123/1764860422544/syzygy_s3e2.mp3) ## [s3e1: First, You Need Light](https://syzygy.fm/podcast/s3e1) _2025-10-31 · Chris Stewart · syzygy_ We're back with Season 3! For the next six episodes we're talking life in the universe, and so far we have N=1: we know there's life on Earth, but nowhere else as yet. Those are challenging statistics. In this episode Emily makes the case that to explore the possibility of life elsewhere in the cosmos, you need planets — and to have planets, you need stars. She then proceeds to whittle the number… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/syzygy/static1.squarespace.com/static/5aabb4e9cef372e3445b5ad8/t/6904b314b23eb67abd25db32/1763563803672/s3e1.mp3) ## [s2e6: Experimental Extraterrestrial Exo-Observatory](https://syzygy.fm/podcast/s2e6) _2025-03-08 · Chris Stewart · syzygy_ According to one survey, around one-third of Australians think aliens not only exist, but have actually visited Earth. That's ... a bit fraction. In this final episode of season 2, we ask how we'd even find out if life exists around other stars. Emily introduces the Habitable Worlds Observatory, an incredible new space telescope that's just in the early design phase and not due for years yet, with… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/syzygy/static1.squarespace.com/static/5aabb4e9cef372e3445b5ad8/t/67cc2b5cc45f5f71ab51a42e/1761915049838/s2e6.mp3) ## [s2e5: Exotelescope Expeditions](https://syzygy.fm/podcast/s2e5) _2025-01-17 · Chris Stewart · syzygy_ Exo-planets, sure. Exo-moons and -comets? Fine. But exo ... telescopes?! Emily is going out on a limb in this episode, expanding the definition of telescope to include things that measure stuff in space, and we're here for it! Which means we really do have a few telescopes out there beyond the Solar System, in the shape of Voyagers 1 and 2, with a few more waiting in the wings. On the web:… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/syzygy/static1.squarespace.com/static/5aabb4e9cef372e3445b5ad8/t/677d4646a7b3f06185db3224/1741433633792/syzygy_s2e5.mp3) ## [s2e4: Exoplanet Extrapolation](https://syzygy.fm/podcast/s2e4) _2025-01-03 · Chris Stewart · syzygy_ We know, we know — we did exoplanets last time. But that was the current state-of-play and a 2024 exoplanets wrapped update. In this episode, Emily looks to the future! She does a deep dive into the promise of the just wonderful JWST, as it prods exoplanets in ways they’ve never been prodded before. On the web: syzygy.fm Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review , or… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/syzygy/static1.squarespace.com/static/5aabb4e9cef372e3445b5ad8/t/677807e08045750198eec8dc/1736262820364/s2e4.mp3) ## [s2e3: Exoplanets ExoWrapped](https://syzygy.fm/podcast/s2e3) _2024-12-19 · Chris Stewart · syzygy_ It couldn't be a season of exo-stuff without taking a good hard look at the current state of exoplanets, the OG exo-thing. Emily sums up the state of exoplanet research in 2024 — her Exoplanets 2024 Wrapped, if you like — then lines up her top three exoplanets of the year, and considers what's coming up next in this exo-ploding field. On the web: syzygy.fm Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/syzygy/static1.squarespace.com/static/5aabb4e9cef372e3445b5ad8/t/6763fdb9009961035478ac95/1735919445737/syzygy_s2e3.mp3) ## [s2e2: Exocomet Excitation](https://syzygy.fm/podcast/s2e2) _2024-11-28 · Chris Stewart · syzygy_ Exoplanets, sure. Exo-moons too, apparently. But exo ... comets?! Yes indeed, they're a real thing, and we've known about them for ages ! How do you spot something so tiny around another star, so far away? Emily has the insider knowledge, because it's something she's genuinely investigating in her job as an actual, real-life astronomer. On the web: syzygy.fm Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/syzygy/static1.squarespace.com/static/5aabb4e9cef372e3445b5ad8/t/6748911b840275240d7475b8/1734605907896/syzygy+s2e2.mp3) ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1L0z3c9ocJSg) _2024-11-28 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [s2e1: Exomoon Expectation](https://syzygy.fm/podcast/s2e1) _2024-11-13 · Chris Stewart · syzygy_ Way, way back in the early epochs of Syzygy (ep 19 in Oct 2018 if you must know) we talked about the exciting prospect of spotting the first exomoon — a moon orbiting a planet orbiting a star that is not our own. It seemed reasonable to expect that six years later exomoons would be a thing we've discovered, and maybe even started a catalogue. But turns out, observing a minute signal on top of an… [Listen](http://media.blubrry.com/syzygy/static1.squarespace.com/static/5aabb4e9cef372e3445b5ad8/t/673475ccec6dda181ce82c05/1732808857912/s2e1.mp3)