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    The Supermassive Podcast

    The Supermassive Podcast

    The Supermassive Podcast

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    Length:
    66 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    This is The Supermassive Podcast from the Royal Astronomical Society. Every month, science journalist Izzie Clarke and astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst take you through the universe with the latest research, history from the society’s archives and astronomy you can do from your own home.

    Support the team by buying their book, The Year in Space - https://geni.us/jNcrw

    You can send your questions to the team via podcast@ras.ac.uk or follow them on Instagram @SupermassivePod.

    The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media Production by Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 66 episodes

    Title

    52: Voyager: Where no-one has gone before...

    Two of the most remarkable spacecraft ever launched are the stars of this month’s episo...

    47 minutes
    		Apr 29, 2024

    51: BONUS - Wobbly Planets and Baby Names

    Can wobbly planets have more than two solstices? Are we earthlings receding from the su...

    13 minutes
    		Apr 10, 2024

    51: Into The Interstellar

    Izzie and Dr Becky are venturing into interstellar space. What is it? Where is it? And ...

    45 minutes
    		Mar 26, 2024

    50: BONUS - Dust, stars and alien streetlights

    What is cosmic dust? Could we reignite a dying Sun with a nuclear weapon? How do we kno...

    12 minutes
    		Mar 13, 2024

    50: Quakes in Space

    Izzie and Dr Becky are exploring shaky ground, whether that’s on Earth, other planets a...

    53 minutes
    		Feb 28, 2024

    49: BONUS - Double Yolker Galaxies

    Do we see black hole mergers as a result of galaxy mergers? What did the night sky look...

    13 minutes
    		Feb 12, 2024

    49: The End of the World

    The Supermassive Podcast is back for 2024 and putting the "happy" in Happy New Year! Wh...

    47 minutes
    		Jan 30, 2024

    48: Do We Live In A Multiverse?

    Izzie Clarke and Dr Becky Smethurst are rounding off 2023 with a biggie. Arguably the b...

    48 minutes
    		Dec 22, 2023

    47: BONUS - Could Space Junk Block JWST's View?

    From barbie dolls, to birds baths, what will happen to all the stuff we have made betwe...

    13 minutes
    		Dec 21, 2023

    47: Neptune... At Last!

    They've done it. It has taken them all year but Izzie Clarke and Dr Becky Smethurst hav...

    49 minutes
    		Nov 28, 2023