The Supermassive Podcast
By The Royal Astronomical Society
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.
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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Latest episode
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BONUS - Can A Star Orbit Another Star?
If black holes are so dense, how can gamma rays jet shoot out from it? At what point in space does our sun become invisible to the naked eye? And a question about CubeSats, black holes and detecting alien civilisations... It time for Izzie Cl… -
Sample return - what could possibly go wrong?
This time Dr Becky Smethurst and Izzie Clarke discover why it’s touch and go when it comes to returning asteroid samples to Earth and hear how we’ve been exchanging spit with Mars since the dawn of the Solar System. The team is… -
EMERGENCY BONUS - Asteroid 2024 YR4
Scientists have detected an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth. Resident expert Dr Robert Massey tells Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham why we shouldn't be worried.Want to suggest a topic to the team? Contact podcast@r… -
61: BONUS - Could we capture a primordial black hole?
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61: The Search for Space Aliens
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60: Q&A - Space Potatoes and Christmas Stars
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59: BONUS - Why can't anything go faster than the speed of light?
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59: The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
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58: BONUS - Nuclear Pasta & G-Astronomy
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58: Strange Stars and Bizarre Binaries