Your friendly neighbourhood astrophysicist, Dr Becky Smethurst, is an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford. She makes videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm and focuses on how we know things, not just what we know, and especially, the things we still don’t know.
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From Dr. Becky. Hello! And welcome to this episode of Night Sky News for January 2026 with me, astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst. This is the show where we chat about what you should look out for in the night sky in the next month, and what’s been happening in space news in the past month.…
From Dr. Becky. Hello! And welcome to this episode of Night Sky News for January 2026 with me, astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst. This is the show where we chat about what you should look out for in the night sky in the next month, and what’s been happening in space news in the past month.…
From Dr. Becky. Hello! And welcome to this episode of Night Sky News for January 2026 with me, astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst. This is the show where we chat about what you should look out for in the night sky in the next month, and what’s been happening in space news in the past month.…
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From Dr. Becky. AD | Go to https://ground.news/drbecky to stay fully informed with the latest Space and Science news. Save 40% off the Vantage plan through my link for unlimited access | Hello! And welcome to this episode of Night Sky News for October 2025 with me, astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst! This is the show…
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From Dr. Becky. AD – To try everything Brilliant has to offer visit https://brilliant.org/DrBecky and you’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription which gives you unlimited daily access to Brilliant. | Welcome to this episode of Night Sky News for September 2025 with me, astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst! This is the show where…
From Dr. Becky. AD – To try everything Brilliant has to offer visit https://brilliant.org/DrBecky and you’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription which gives you unlimited daily access to Brilliant. | Welcome to this episode of Night Sky News for September 2025 with me, astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst! This is the show where…
From Dr. Becky. How do we actually detect dark matter? Matter that doesn’t give out light, doesn’t reflect light, doesn’t absorb light: nothing. The only reason we know its there and have so much evidence for its existence is because of our observations with telescopes when we see its gravitational pull and effect on other…
From Dr. Becky. A huge goal for astrophysics is to work out whether Earth is special or not. Are there other Earth-like rocky planets out there with thick atmospheres and life giving oceans, just the right distance from their stars so they’re not too hot and not too cold for life to flourish? Or did…
From Dr. Becky. AD | Go to https://ground.news/drbecky to stay fully informed with the latest Space and Science news. Save 40% off the Vantage plan through my link for unlimited access | Our best chance of finding intelligent life out there in the Universe that we could even hope to have any communications with is…