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The Supermassive Podcast The Royal Astronomical Society
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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.
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BONUS - Wobbly Planets and Baby Names
Can wobbly planets have more than two solstices? Are we earthlings receding from the sun and the other planets? What is dark flow and why is it controversial? When stars die, is their energy lost forever?
Send your questions to podcast@ras.ac.uk or find us on Instagram @SupermassivePod.
The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for the Royal Astronomical Society. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham. -
Into The Interstellar
Izzie and Dr Becky are venturing into interstellar space. What is it? Where is it? And what do we know about it?
With special thanks to Professor Martin Barstow from University of Leicester and Professor Chris Lintott from the University of Oxford. Chris' new book "Our Accidental Universe" is out now.
Check out the RAS's video on Pons Brooks here: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/12ppons-brooks-how-and-when-see-devil-comet
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BONUS - Dust, stars and alien streetlights
What is cosmic dust? Could we reignite a dying Sun with a nuclear weapon? How do we know what galaxies stars are in, and can the JWST see streetlights on alien worlds?
If you have a question for the Supermassive team, send them to podcast@ras.ac.uk or find us on Instagram, @SupermassivePod.
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Quakes in Space
Izzie and Dr Becky are exploring shaky ground, whether that’s on Earth, other planets and even on our neighbour the Moon. This month is all about quakes.
With special thanks to Mark Panning, the project scientist for NASA's InSight mission, and Dr Jess Johnson from the University of East Anglia.
Join Izzie and the UK Space Education Office for Mars Day on Tuesday 5th March, sign up to the virtual event here.
Explore the North Tyneside Solar Trail and discover models representing planets from our solar system, 16 & 17 March 2024
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BONUS - Double Yolker Galaxies
Do we see black hole mergers as a result of galaxy mergers? What did the night sky look like to the dinosaurs? Is a gas giant just a rocky planet with a huge and dense atmosphere? Do all orbits eventually end up in resonance?
The Supermassive Team is back with the first bonus episode for 2024! Send in your questions to podcast@ras.ac.uk or find us on Instagram, @SupermassivePod.
The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for the Royal Astronomical Society. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham. -
The End of the World
The Supermassive Podcast is back for 2024 and putting the "happy" in Happy New Year! What could be a cheerier start to the year than an episode about the End of the World… Astronomically speaking!?
From supernova explosions, to super volcanoes, Izzie Clarke, Dr Becky Smethurst and Dr Robert Massey are running through the checklist of big bad things that put our planet at risk. Special thanks goes to Professor Chris Impey from the University of Arizona and author of How It Ends, and Dr Mike Cassidy from the University of Birmingham.
Things we promised we'd put in the show notes:
NASA worksheet - https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth/10Page5.pdf
Recent Betelgeuse paper - Saio et al. (2023; Betelgeuse in carbon fusion stage) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.00287.pdf
Don't forget to leave us a review, send in your questions ,or share your astrophotography using podcast@ras.ac.uk or find us on Instagram @SupermassivePod.
The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for The Royal Astronomical Society. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham.
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An exceptional and enormously entertaining and accessible podcast
This is an exceptional and enormously accessible podcast from the Royal Astronomical Society presented by science journalist Izzy Clarke and professional astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst. They are joined by the Deputy Executive Director of the Royal Astronomical Society, Robert Massey, and a host of science experts to answer all kinds of questions concerned with astrophysics and space exploration. Each episode discusses a main topic and concludes with advice about what to see in the night sky in the coming weeks. It is informative, entertaining, and great fun (with a good deal of laughter) from speakers who really know their stuff and are great communicators, able to explain complex ideas in simple terms but without dumbing the physics down too much. Their passion and excitement about all things is infectious, as is their flicking between science and Sci Fi and a certain amount of nerdiness (especially from Dr Becky). There’s great chemistry between the three presenters who constantly make an effort to include listeners’ interests and questions (Izzy Clarke often putting herself in the position of the interested non expert). Like the expanding universe, it is ever broader in scope as the episodes progress. This is one of my top science podcasts of all time. Many thanks to all those involved. This is a must hear.