Becky Smethurst

Becky Smethurst discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Dr Becky Smethurst is a Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She is the star of astronomy-themed You Tube channel Dr Becky. Her current research is trying to answer the question, “How do galaxies and black holes evolve together?” Her latest book is A Brief History of Black Holes. Black holes are neither “black” nor “holes” https://www.panmacmillan.com/a....uthors/dr-becky-smet Annie Jump Cannon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon The same algorithm that identifies stars also identifies individual whale sharks https://www.nasa.gov/feature/g....oddard/star-mapping- The dark sky sights of the UK https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/....topics/best-dark-sky You can measure the speed of light with a microwave https://www.open.edu/openlearn..../science-maths-techn The "black hole of Calcutta" prison is where black holes get their name from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Black_Hole_of_Calcut This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm