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.fm 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. 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