The Supermassive Podcast
By The Royal Astronomical Society
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Subscribers: 408
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 92
Pete Ellinger
Aug 11, 2023
I love this podcast, three is the magic number as far as presenters is concerned. The Bonus episodes are a great addition. Just one thought, please don't let dark/black questions lead you, in ever decreasing circles, down a dimly lit ally to oblivion...
Jim
Jan 18, 2023
Excellent podcast. Great addition to Dr Becky's youtube channel
Greg
Aug 3, 2021
Came here from Dr. Becky's YT channel. Enthusiasm for astronomy is contagious.
Description
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Is Time Real?
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May 28, 2025 |
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BONUS - Mole People on Mars
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May 13, 2025 |
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What is Gravity?
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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BONUS - Can we gravitationally "hitch hike" out of the Solar System?
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Returning to the Moon - with ESA Astronaut Matthias Maurer
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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BONUS - Can A Star Orbit Another Star?
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Sample Return Missions - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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EMERGENCY BONUS - Asteroid 2024 YR4
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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BONUS - Could we capture a primordial black hole?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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The Search for Space Aliens
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Q&A - Space Potatoes and Christmas Stars
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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BONUS - Why can't anything go faster than the speed of light?
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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BONUS - Nuclear Pasta & G-Astronomy
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Strange Stars and Bizarre Binaries
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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BONUS - A Bumper Edition
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Untangling the Cosmic Web
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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BONUS - What distorts time?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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We Made It To Mercury!
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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BONUS - Galaxy Spin and Saving Herstmonceux Observatory
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Venus aka "Earth's Evil Twin"
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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BONUS - Overmassive Galaxies
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Q&A - Black Hole Special
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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BONUS - Lumpy Space Potatoes
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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The Major Lunar Standstill
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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BONUS - Why does the Aurora Borealis look better on my phone?
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May 23, 2024 |
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Voyager: Where no-one has gone before...
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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BONUS - Wobbly Planets and Baby Names
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Into The Interstellar
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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BONUS - Dust, stars and alien streetlights
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Quakes in Space
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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BONUS - Double Yolker Galaxies
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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The End of the World
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Do We Live In A Multiverse?
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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BONUS - Could Space Junk Block JWST's View?
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Neptune... At Last!
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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BONUS - Space News Bulletin
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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46: Q&A - Spice Girls, Black Holes, and Ice-Cream in Space
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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45: BONUS - Have you heard of "Ploonets"?
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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45: Uranus the Oddball
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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44: BONUS - Team Enceladus or Team Europa?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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44: Here Comes the Sun...with NASA's Head of Science
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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43: BONUS - Aimless telescopes & beyond the Milky Way
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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43: Most of the Universe is missing...
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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42: BONUS – White holes, astrology and why is Venus so hot?
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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42: A (brief) History of Astronomy
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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41: BONUS - Why do Gas Giants exist?
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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41: BIG Observatories
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May 27, 2023 |
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40: BONUS - Are Lunar Poles Arbitrary?
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May 13, 2023 |
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40: Becky Loves Saturn
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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39: BONUS - Do black holes stop time?
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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39: Jupiter The Monster
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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38: BONUS - More Comets, Less Asteroids
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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38: Gettin' Gravitational Wave-y
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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37: BONUS - The Supermassive Mailbox
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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37: Q&A - Black Hole Burps and Space Station Pacman
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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36: Stargazing with Team Supermassive
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Double Astronaut Special: Returning to the Moon
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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34: How to Deflect an Asteroid
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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33: Q&A - The Year in Space
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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32: JWST First Images... FINALLY!
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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31: Life on Mars - LIVE from Standon Calling
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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30: Rocky Planets Rock
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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29: Gas Giants are Weird
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May 31, 2022 |
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28: How to Kill a Galaxy
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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27: How to Build a Galaxy
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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26: The Marvellous Moon
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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25: A Supermassive Q&A!
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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24: Eclipses & Expeditions
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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23: The End of the Universe
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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22: JWST - Seeing the First Stars
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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21: Icy Worlds
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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20: Firey Worlds
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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19: Radiation Belts and Billionaires
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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18: A Hunk of Space Junk
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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17: Hunting for Planet 9
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May 28, 2021 |
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16: Mysteries of the Kuiper Belt
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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15: Neutron Stars - with Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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14: A Star Is Born
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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13: New Year, New Universe
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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12: Gamma Rays & Christmas Stars
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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11: Radio Skies & Strange Signals
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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10: Humans In Space - with Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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9: The Power of Space Probes
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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8: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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7: Down To Earth
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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6: Looking for Alien Life
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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5: Exploring Exoplanets
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May 21, 2020 |
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Under the Space Weather
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Our Neighbourhood Star
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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It's All Relativity...
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Seeing The Invisible Universe
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Jan 17, 2020 |