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The Supermassive Podcast

25: A Supermassive Q&A!

The Supermassive Podcast

Izzie Clarke

Astronomy, History, Science, Physics

4.6556 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The Supermassive team is finally doing something about all the questions that have been sent in. It’s Q&A time! From "fluffy" planets, to cake on the moon, join Izzie Clarke as she puts your questions to Dr Becky Smethurst, Dr Robert Massey and science and space journalist Richard Hollingham. 

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0:00.0

If you could find body of water big enough, Saturn would float.

0:06.9

The story doesn't have a happy ending for the worms, I'm afraid, either.

0:10.1

Do you think we'll ever be able to plan missions or even travel outside of our solar system?

0:18.6

Hello and welcome to the Supermassive podcast from the Royal Astronomical Society with me,

0:24.7

science journalist, Izzy Clark and astrophysicist Dr. Becky Smethurst.

0:29.3

Yep, this month we're finally doing something about all those messages that have been sent in.

0:35.1

I have a little Marie condo, aren't we, is he?

0:36.7

Like every single message and email that's been sent in. I have a little Marie condo, aren't we? As you, of like every single message and email that's been sent. Because it is Q&A time, finally.

0:44.2

Finally. I mean, we say all those messages. I don't think we could ever possibly get through

0:49.6

all of those messages, but we'll try our best. Robert and Becky are ready and waiting to

0:54.1

take on your astronomy questions.

0:56.2

Plus, we're joined by someone who has been at pretty much every recording we've ever done,

1:02.5

lurking in the background, but finally jumping on the mic.

1:05.4

It's Richard Hollingham, our editor, who happens to know a lot about missions and spaceflight so we'll be sending those

1:11.9

questions his way you make that sound a bit sinister yeah I thought it was lurking you're the one

1:18.9

who said it Richard was like do we need to tell them that I'm actually on every show I was like

1:26.1

probably yes.

1:29.2

Silent participant.

1:35.3

So a basic question to start everyone off, sent in by me, obviously.

1:38.7

What is your favourite space-related fact?

1:40.9

Oh, I'm going to go for a classic.

1:46.8

One that I read as like an eight-year-old and it's buried itself in my brain and I have not forgotten since right is that if you could find an ocean or you know just body of water big

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