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will get 20% off. Although space is very empty, it turns out galaxies aren't actually that far

apart from each other typically.

The blueprint is that yes, there's a supermassive black quarter at the centre of every galaxy. If you look at it from one side, it'll look like it's going clockwise. And if you look it from the other, it will be anti-clockwise. Hello, and welcome to the Supermassive podcast from the Royal Astronomical Society. with me, science journalist, Izzy Clark and astrophysicist Dr. Becky Smothers.

Yeah, this month we're at podcast from the Royal Astronomical Society with me, science journalist Issy Clark and astrophysicist

Dr Becky Smothers. Yeah, this month we're attempting to tackle the massive subject of galaxies

also happens to be my favourite subjects as well. It's so convenient, Matt. This topic is actually

so big that we're going to be doing two episodes all about galaxies.

Yep. So first up, I chat with Professor Mike Merrifield from the University of Nottingham about how galaxies form.

And, you know, let's use Becky here. She is our galaxy expert. So Becky will be telling us all about the different shapes and sizes that galaxies come in.

Plus, Dr. Robert Massey is here, obviously, the deputy director of the Royal Astronomical Society.

So there are a lot of galaxies, but let's look at our own one. You know, how much do we know about the Milky Way?

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