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The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts

Dec 05, 202441 minEp. 59
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Episode description

The Supermassive Team are investigating strange blasts of energy in space called Fast Radio Bursts. What are they and where do they come from? Dr Stuart Ryder from Macquarie University in Australia joins Izzie, Dr Becky and Robert to help explain. 

Christmas Present Ideas 
  • Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s talk - A Journey into The Cosmos
  • Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition at Royal Museums Greenwich
  • Telescope SeeStar S50 
  • Image stabilising binoculars
  • Cosmos (book) from DK
  • The Impossible Man by Patchen Barrs. 
  • The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes by Sarah Webb
  • The Night Sky Almanac for 2025 by Radmila Topalovic, Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion
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The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for the Royal Astronomical Society. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham


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