Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 47m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.7 (35)
Since Apr 2017
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Exocast-82b: Exoplanet Emission and the paradigm shift of JWST with Dr Megan Weiner Mansfield

Apr 29, 2026 41m

For this episode the Exocast team are joined by Dr Megan Weiner Mansfield from the University of Maryland, USA. Megan’s work focuses on the measurement of exoplanet atmospheres with a particular look…

Exocast-81b: A chat with Dr Matt Kenworthy about weird dips in light curves and the future of instrumentation

Mar 25, 2026 43m

For this episode the Exocast team are joined by Dr Matthew Kenworthy from the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. Matt’s work focuses on strange transit events and the search for new ways to…

Exocast-80 b: Are giant planets friends or foes? With Dr Jonti Horner

Feb 24, 2026 45m

We sat around our virtual studio to chat with Queensland-based astronomer Jonti Horner, who works on planetary dynamics – both within our own solar system, and around others. As well as discovering…

Exocast-79b: Observing odd exoplanet orbits with Dr. Malena Rice

Mar 02, 2025 38m

Join the Exocast team as they chat with Dr Malena Rice an expert on planetary and exoplanetary dynamics through both theory and observation. Malena tells us about her journey into professional…

Exocast-78 b: Finding the most distant exoplanets with Dr Eamonn Kerins

Feb 02, 2025 44m

This month the gang sit in with Dr Eamonn Kerins, expert in gravitational microlensing from the University of Manchester. He tells us how astronomers can find extremely distant exoplanets through the…

Exocast-77b: Exoplanet Instrumentation with Dr Ben Pope

Jan 16, 2025 40m

For this episode the Exocast team are joined by Dr Benjamin (Ben) Pope from the University of Queensland, Brisbane. Ben has worked on everything from transit light curve modelling, to direct imaging…

Exocast-76b: Exoplanet Interiors with Professor Caroline Dorn

Nov 08, 2024 41m

The Exocast team are joined on this episode by exoplanetary interior investigator Professor Caroline Dorn. Caroline started her career in Earth sciences and geophysics, studying for her PhD aquifer…

Exocast-75b: Radial Velocity Surveys of Young Planets with Dr. Louise Nielsen

Oct 21, 2024 40m

The Exocast team are joined on this episode by Dr. Louise Nielsen, a Danish astronomer who, after a batchelor’s degree at Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, moved to the Geneva Observatory for a PhD…

Exocast-74b: Exoplanet Characterisation and HST/JWST Mission Support with Dr. Néstor Espinoza

Sep 05, 2024 46m

The Exocast team are joined on this show by Dr. Néstor Espinoza from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, USA. Néstor is an Assistant Astronomer and Mission Scientist for…

Exocast-73b: Using Adaptive Optics to Find Exoplanets with Jules Fowler

Aug 05, 2024 41m

The Exocast team are joined on this show by Jules Fowler, a NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where they work to improve extreme adaptive optics technologies…

Exocast-72b: Directly Imaging Exoplanetary Motion with Dr Jason Wang

Jul 08, 2024 40m

The Exocast team return from a short hiatus to be joined on this show by Dr Jason Wang from Northwestern University in Illinois. Jason is a direct imager, and gives us a quick overview of how we are…

S2023E100 Exocast-71c: Exoplanet News & the 100th episode

Dec 06, 2023 32m

In this most excellent 100th episode of Exocast from the team we bring you the latest in exoplanet research and news. Hannah and Andrew cover news from the TRAPPIST system. Hannah will dive into…

Exocast-71b: Do All Planets Orbit Stars?

Nov 13, 2023 36m

In this episode, Hannah, Hugh, and Andrew ask the question: Do all planets orbit stars?  Even though the vast majority of planets found so far are bound to a star, there have been detections of…

Exocast-70c: Exoplanet news

Oct 15, 2023 41m

Hugh, Hannah, & Andrew discuss a handful of interesting recent exoplanet papers from the past few months. We chat about the news coverage of K2-18b and the claims of biomarkers in that…

Exocast-70b: Dr. Max Günther talks transits, CHEOPS & chemistry in zero-g

Oct 02, 2023 48m

This month the exocast team chat to exoplanetary astronomer Dr Maximillian Guenther. We talk about finding transiting exoplanets with TESS & NGTS, bright flares from M-dwarf stars, open-source…

Exocast-69b: Surviving Scientific Conferences

Aug 16, 2023 46m

In this episode Andrew, Hannah, and Hugh discuss the art and science of organising, and attending, scientific conferences, with a particular focus on the recent Exoclimes VI meeting held in Exeter,…

Exocast-68c: Latest Exoplanet News

Jul 26, 2023 35m

Hugh, Hannah, & Andrew discuss a handful of interesting recent exoplanet papers from the past few months. We chat all things Exoclimes VI held in Exeter in June 2023, new discoveries, exciting…

Exocast-68b: Interview with Nikole Lewis

Jun 27, 2023 38m

The Exocast team are back and this time joined by the esteemed Nikole Lewis, Professor and Deputy director of the Carl Sagan institute at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA. We chat all things…

Exocast-67 c: Latest exoplanetary news

Jun 02, 2023 29m

Hugh, Hannah, & Andrew discuss a handful of interesting recent exoplanet papers from the past few months. Andrew delves into technosignatures and a study which looked at whether nearby…

Exocast-67b: Catching up with the Exocast team

May 16, 2023 54m

In this episode Andrew, Hannah, and Hugh reflect on where their careers and research in exoplanet science have led over the past few years as a chance to (re)introduce ourselves to new and regular…

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