The Supermassive Podcast
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The Supermassive Podcast

The Royal Astronomical Society

126 episodes

The UK's #1 space podcast. 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. Want to support the show? Join The Supermassive Club for exclusive content, star-gazing forums and ad-free listening... supermassive.supportingcast.fm (https://open.acast.com/networks/67af2e8ef7ed8924107c6be3/shows/680921983744a61721b41689/supermassive.supportingcast.fm) And 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 (https://www.instagram.com/supermassivepod/). The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for the Royal Astronomical Society. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

What this show covers

BepiColomboESAMercuryplanetary sciencespace missions

What listeners will find here

Why BepiColombo’s long journey to Mercury is reaching its biggest moment
BepiColombo’s arrival at Mercury takes center stage as the hosts unpack what the mission will study on the planet’s surface and in its magnetosphere. The episode also looks at the spacecraft’s two orbiters and the SIMBIO-SYS instrument that will closely examine Mercury’s unusual terrain.

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