Dr. Becky
Your friendly neighbourhood astrophysicist. I'm Dr Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford. I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! I have also written a few books. My latest, "A Brief History of Black Holes", is available in ha...
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Who and what this show talks about
The people, companies, books and ideas that recur across 15 analyzed episodes.
- James Webb Space Telescope (Company, 10 episodes)
- Hubble Space Telescope (Company, 5 episodes)
- Ground News (Company, 5 episodes)
- Dr. Becky Smith (Person, 5 episodes)
- JWST (Company, 3 episodes)
- LIGO (Company, 3 episodes)
- Reuben Observatory (Company, 3 episodes)
- Very Large Telescope (Company, 3 episodes)
- Trappist-1 (Location, 2 episodes)
- JUICE (Company, 2 episodes)
- 3I Atlas (Concept, 2 episodes)
- Habitable Worlds Observatory (Company, 2 episodes)
- NASA (Company, 2 episodes)
- Trappist-1D (Location)
- Milky Way (Concept)
- Stephen Hawking (Person)
- Alpha Centauri (Location)
- Proxima Centauri (Location)
- International Space Station (ISS) (Company)
- ThreeI Atlas (Concept)
Themes
- James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope: James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Reuben Observatory, LIGO, Trappist-1
- Ground News and Dr. Becky Smith: Ground News, Dr. Becky Smith, JWST, JUICE, NASA
Mentioned together
- Ground News and Dr. Becky Smith: together in 4 episodes
- James Webb Space Telescope and Very Large Telescope: together in 3 episodes
- James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope: together in 3 episodes
- James Webb Space Telescope and Ground News: together in 3 episodes
- James Webb Space Telescope and Reuben Observatory: together in 3 episodes
- Hubble Space Telescope and Dr. Becky Smith: together in 3 episodes
- Dr. Becky Smith and JWST: together in 3 episodes
- Ground News and JWST: together in 2 episodes
- Ground News and JUICE: together in 2 episodes
- Dr. Becky Smith and JUICE: together in 2 episodes
Recent Episodes
- An ASTROPHYSICIST'S TOP 5 space news stories of 2025
- The largest rotating structure ever found in the Universe | Night Sky News December 2025
- Simulating ALL 100 billion stars in the Milky Way for the first time (with the help of AI?!)
- Deadly radiation burst from another star detected for the first time | Night Sky News November 2025
- JWST spots a star BEFORE it goes supernova | Night Sky News October 2025
- FINALLY: evidence for Hawking's AREA THEOREM of black holes
- Strongest evidence yet for past life on Mars from Perseverance rover | Night Sky News September 2025
- How to use JWST as a direct detector of DARK MATTER
- JWST reveals only a thin atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1d (an Earth sized planet in the habitable zone)
- Has JWST spotted a planet around our nearest Sun-like star?!
- The things we DON'T KNOW about EXOPLANETS
- SUPERMASSIVE stars: fact or fiction?
- Ingredients for LIFE found around newly formed star?! | Night Sky News August 2025
- What came first, the galaxy or the black hole? JWST tackles astrophysics’s “chicken or egg” question
- Intermediate Mass Black Holes: fact or fiction?