Podcast

The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts


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 Stuart Ryder from Macquarie University in Australia joins Izzie, Dr Becky and Robert to help explain. Christmas Present Ideas Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s talk - A Journey into The Cosmos Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition at Royal Museums Greenwich Telescope SeeStar S50 Image stabilising binoculars Cosmos (book) from DK The Impossible Man by Patchen Barrs. The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes by Sarah Webb The Night Sky Almanac for 2025 by Radmila Topalovic, Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion Keep sending your brilliant questions and photos to podcast@ras.ac.uk (mailto:podcast@ras.ac.uk) or on Instagram @SupermassivePod. The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for the Royal Astronomical Society. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham

BONUS - Nuclear Pasta & G-Astronomy


Strange Stars and Bizarre Binaries


BONUS - A Bumper Edition


Untangling the Cosmic Web


BONUS - What distorts time?


We Made It To Mercury!


BONUS - Galaxy Spin and Saving Herstmonceux Observatory


Venus aka "Earth's Evil Twin"


BONUS - Overmassive Galaxies


Q&A - Black Hole Special


The Major Lunar Standstill


BONUS - Why does the Aurora Borealis look better on my phone?


BONUS - Wobbly Planets and Baby Names


Into The Interstellar


Quakes in Space


BONUS - Double Yolker Galaxies


The End of the World


Do We Live In A Multiverse?


BONUS - Could Space Junk Block JWST's View?