The Supermassive Podcast

The Royal Astronomical Society

The UK's #1 space podcast.

Every month, science journalist Izzie Clarke and astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst whizz through the universe to explore the latest research with leading experts, dive to history from the society’s archives and take on your weird and wonderful questions about all things space. Can we gravitationally hitch-hike out of the solar system? Do we live in a multiverse? What is time? Plus Dr Robert Massey is on hand with his top star-gazing tips.

Keep adding to The Supermassive Mailbox with your pictures and questions for the team. Send them to podcast@ras.ac.uk or follow them on Instagram @SupermassivePod.

You can also support the team by buying their book, The Year in Space.

The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for the Royal Astronomical Society. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham.
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No. of episodes: 90
Latest episode: 2025-04-24
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How many episodes are there of The Supermassive Podcast?

There are 90 episodes avaiable of The Supermassive Podcast.

What is The Supermassive Podcast about?

We have categorized The Supermassive Podcast as:

Science
Astronomy
Physics

Where can you listen to The Supermassive Podcast?

The Supermassive Podcast is available, among others places, on:

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When did The Supermassive Podcast start?

The first episode of The Supermassive Podcast that we have available was released 17 January 2020.

Who creates the podcast The Supermassive Podcast?

The Supermassive Podcast is produced and created by The Royal Astronomical Society.