The Supermassive Podcast
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.Podcasts
53: The Major Lunar Standstill
Published: June 4, 2024, 1 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 52 seconds
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52: BONUS - Why does the Aurora Borealis look better on my phone?
Published: May 23, 2024, 7:31 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 50 seconds
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52: Voyager: Where no-one has gone before...
Published: April 29, 2024, 11:01 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 58 seconds
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51: BONUS - Wobbly Planets and Baby Names
Published: April 10, 2024, 1 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds
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51: Into The Interstellar
Published: March 26, 2024, 2 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 45 seconds
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51: BONUS - Dust, stars and alien streetlights
Published: March 13, 2024, 12:01 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 17 seconds
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50: BONUS - Dust, stars and alien streetlights
Published: March 13, 2024, 12:01 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 17 seconds
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50: Quakes in Space
Published: Feb. 28, 2024, 2 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 40 seconds
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49: Double Yolker Galaxies
Published: Feb. 12, 2024, 2 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 19 seconds
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49: BONUS - Double Yolker Galaxies
Published: Feb. 12, 2024, 2 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 19 seconds
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49: The End of the World
Published: Jan. 30, 2024, 2 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 52 seconds
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48: Do We Live In A Multiverse?
Published: Dec. 22, 2023, 2 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 4 seconds
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47: BONUS - Could Space Junk Block JWST's View?
Published: Dec. 21, 2023, 11:44 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 40 seconds
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47: Neptune... At Last!
Published: Nov. 28, 2023, 2 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 46 seconds
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46: BONUS - Space News Bulletin
Published: Nov. 14, 2023, 2 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds
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46: Q&A - Spice Girls, Black Holes, and Ice-Cream in Space
Published: Oct. 27, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 10 seconds
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45: BONUS - Have you heard of "Ploonets"?
Published: Oct. 13, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 45 seconds
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45: Uranus the Oddball
Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 42 seconds
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44: BONUS - Team Enceladus or Team Europa?
Published: Sept. 18, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 10 seconds
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44: Here Comes the Sun...with NASA's Head of Science
Published: Aug. 28, 2023, 11:01 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 21 seconds
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43: BONUS - Aimless telescopes & beyond the Milky Way
Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 10 seconds
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43: Most of the Universe is missing...
Published: July 28, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 9 seconds
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42: BONUS White holes, astrology and why is Venus so hot?
Published: July 6, 2023, 11:01 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 34 seconds
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42: A (brief) History of Astronomy
Published: June 22, 2023, 11:01 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 41 seconds
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41: BONUS - Why do Gas Giants exist?
Published: June 13, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 50 seconds
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41: BIG Observatories
Published: May 27, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 47 seconds
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40: BONUS - Are Lunar Poles Arbitrary?
Published: May 13, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 32 seconds
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40: Becky Loves Saturn
Published: April 29, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 19 seconds
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39: BONUS - Do black holes stop time?
Published: April 7, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 55 seconds
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39: Jupiter The Monster
Published: March 24, 2023, 2 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 26 seconds
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38: BONUS - More Comets, Less Asteroids
Published: March 10, 2023, 2 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 30 seconds
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38: Gettin' Gravitational Wave-y
Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 2 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 8 seconds
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37: BONUS - The Supermassive Mailbox
Published: Feb. 11, 2023, 2 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 53 seconds
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37: Q&A - Black Hole Burps and Space Station Pacman
Published: Jan. 31, 2023, 2 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 16 seconds
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36: Stargazing with Team Supermassive
Published: Dec. 21, 2022, 2 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 3 seconds
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35: Astronaut Special: Returning to the Moon
Published: Nov. 25, 2022, 2:36 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 55 seconds
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34: How to Deflect an Asteroid
Published: Oct. 27, 2022, 11:01 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 12 seconds
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33: Q&A - The Year in Space
Published: Sept. 30, 2022, 1 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes
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32: JWST First Images... FINALLY!
Published: Aug. 27, 2022, 1 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes
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31: Life on Mars - LIVE from Standon Calling
Published: July 29, 2022, 1 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 56 seconds
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30: Rocky Planets Rock
Published: July 1, 2022, 1 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 49 seconds
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29: Gas Giants are Weird
Published: May 31, 2022, 1 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 10 seconds
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28: How to Kill a Galaxy
Published: April 30, 2022, 1 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 45 seconds
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27: How to Build a Galaxy
Published: March 25, 2022, 3 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 38 seconds
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26: The Marvellous Moon
Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 2 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 11 seconds
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25: A Supermassive Q&A!
Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 2 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 10 seconds
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24: Eclipses & Expeditions
Published: Dec. 24, 2021, 2 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 8 seconds
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23: The End of the Universe
Published: Nov. 26, 2021, 2 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 44 seconds
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22: JWST - Seeing the First Stars
Published: Oct. 29, 2021, 1 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 34 seconds
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20: Firey Worlds
Published: Aug. 27, 2021, 1 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 20 seconds
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19: Radiation Belts and Billionaires
Published: July 30, 2021, 2 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 44 seconds
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18: A Hunk of Space Junk
Published: June 25, 2021, 2 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 35 seconds
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17: Hunting for Planet 9
Published: May 28, 2021, 2 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 54 seconds
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16: Mysteries of the Kuiper Belt
Published: April 23, 2021, 2 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 12 seconds
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15: Neutron Stars - with Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Published: March 26, 2021, 3 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 25 seconds
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14: A Star Is Born
Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 3 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 11 seconds
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13: New Year, New Universe
Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 33 seconds
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12: Gamma Rays & Christmas Stars
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 34 seconds
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11: Radio Skies & Strange Signals
Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 17 seconds
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10: Humans In Space - with Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti
Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 33 seconds
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9: The Power of Space Probes
Published: Sept. 25, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 3 seconds
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8: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Published: Aug. 28, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 7 seconds
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6: Looking for Alien Life
Published: June 25, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 57 seconds
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5: Exploring Exoplanets
Published: May 21, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 59 seconds
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4: Under the Space Weather
Published: April 23, 2020, 3 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 24 seconds
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3: Our Neighbourhood Star
Published: March 19, 2020, 9:27 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 45 seconds
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2: It's All Relativity...
Published: Feb. 20, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 16 seconds
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1: Seeing The Invisible Universe
Published: Jan. 17, 2020, 11:43 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 39 seconds
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