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EMERGENCY BONUS - Asteroid 2024 YR4
Episode 61
Scientists have detected an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth. Resident expert Dr Robert Massey tells Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollin…
1 year, 3 months ago
BONUS - Could we capture a primordial black hole?
Episode 61
What are the implications on space exploration with a change of president? Did cosmic inflation come before the Big Bang? Are there sonic booms in sp…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Search for Space Aliens
Episode 61
Hosts Izzie Clarke and Dr Becky Smethurst are starting 2025 with a biggie. The scientific search for extraterrestrial life:
Where are scientists look…
1 year, 3 months ago
Q&A - Space Potatoes and Christmas Stars
Episode 60
Our final episode of 2024 is a SUPERMASSIVE Q&A.
Izzie Clarke, Dr Becky Smethurst and Dr Robert Massey make their way through your questions. What’s…
1 year, 5 months ago
BONUS - Why can't anything go faster than the speed of light?
Episode 59
From planetary alignment through the galaxy to spacetime expansion, The Supermassive Team answer your questions.
Keep sending us your questions, emai…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
Episode 59
The Supermassive Team are investigating strange blasts of energy in space called Fast Radio Bursts. What are they and where do they come from? Dr Stu…
1 year, 5 months ago
BONUS - Nuclear Pasta & G-Astronomy
Episode 58
... Potentially the silliest bonus episode we've ever recorded.
The Supermassive Team takes on your questions; What are Brown Dwarfs? How can photons…
1 year, 6 months ago
Strange Stars and Bizarre Binaries
Episode 58
From pulsating stars to those with diamond cores, Izzie and Dr Becky are exploring weird and wonderful stars. What are the different types of stars i…
1 year, 6 months ago
BONUS - A Bumper Edition
Episode 57
Auroras, and comets, and launches... Oh my! Izzie Clarke, Dr Becky Smethurst, and Dr Robert Massey run through a MEGA month for the astronomy communi…
1 year, 7 months ago
Untangling the Cosmic Web
Episode 57
Izzie and Dr Becky are untangling the cosmic web - the large scale structure of the universe - with help from Dr Chiara Mingarelli from Yale Universi…
1 year, 7 months ago