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BONUS - Wobbly Planets and Baby Names
Episode 51
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 contr…
2 years, 1 month ago
Into The Interstellar
Episode 51
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 Mar…
2 years, 2 months ago
BONUS - Dust, stars and alien streetlights
Episode 50
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 streetlight…
2 years, 2 months ago
Quakes in Space
Episode 50
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 qua…
2 years, 3 months ago
BONUS - Double Yolker Galaxies
Episode 49
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 wit…
2 years, 3 months ago
The End of the World
Episode 49
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…
2 years, 3 months ago
Do We Live In A Multiverse?
Episode 48
Izzie Clarke and Dr Becky Smethurst are rounding off 2023 with a biggie. Arguably the biggest of them all. This episode is ALL about the Multiverse. …
2 years, 5 months ago
BONUS - Could Space Junk Block JWST's View?
Episode 47
From barbie dolls, to birds baths, what will happen to all the stuff we have made between now and the end of time? Could a large black hole spaghetti…
2 years, 5 months ago
Neptune... At Last!
Episode 47
They've done it. It has taken them all year but Izzie Clarke and Dr Becky Smethurst have reached the final planet in our solar system; Neptune.
Dr Lei…
2 years, 6 months ago
BONUS - Space News Bulletin
Episode 46
Bizarre free-floating planets in space, the retrieval mission from a 4.6 billion year old asteroid, and the first images from our dark universe. Join…
2 years, 6 months ago