s2e4: Exoplanet Extrapolation

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.fmHelp us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypodSyzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.Some of the things we talk about in this episode:• The JWST mission• The Transit method• Exoplanet Phase Curves• Exoplanet GJ1214b and the phase curve paper• Transmission spectroscopy• Exoplanet WASP 39b• Direct imaging of exoplanets• Exoplanet HIP65426b• The JWST first release images• The WASP 96-b “dodgy graph” (see Brundsen, 2025)• Exoplanet WASP 43b’s day and night (and the Nature paper)• The Trappist 1 system