Dr. Becky - Invidious

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 hardback, e-book and audio (which I narrated myself!)

My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.

Channel art by Megan Smethurst: www.instagram.com/megansmethurst_gdesign/

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Turning CO2 into biodegradable materials - the EPO Young Inventors Prize 2025 #shorts

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There’s a new “most distant galaxy known” record holder #shorts #space #astrophysics #jwst

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If the Universe is spinning, does it spin around a centre? #shorts #astronomy #physics

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Scientists need YOUR help classifying JWST images with Galaxy Zoo #shorts #nasa #astronomy

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The Pink Pony Horsehead Nebula Club 💖✨🤩 #shorts #fun #astronomy

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When art and science collide! #shorts #exhibition #science

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I have new merch! JWST, Euclid, NASA and more! #science #astrophysics #jwst #shorts

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Did JWST find LIFE on the exoplanet K2-18b?! #science #astrophysics #astronomy

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Are there more clockwise or anti-clockwise spiral galaxies? #astronomy

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Has a new study shown DARK ENERGY doesn't exist?!

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Keep an eye on Venus and Saturn in the next few weeks!

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The International Space Station looks a lot like Santa Claus' sleigh!

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Is AEROCAPTURE how we'll eventually send a mission to Uranus or Neptune?

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Renovating my new office PART 5 - NEW LIGHTS!

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What is reality? Get The Reality Issue of Nautilus Magazine before 31st August! #shorts

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The Moon occults Saturn on Wednesday 21st August 2024

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Has JWST solved the crisis in cosmology? Or made it WORSE? #shorts

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Mars + Jupiter Conjunction 15th August 2024 #shorts

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Astrophysicists need YOUR HELP classifying galaxies imaged by the Euclid Space Telescope #shorts

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Delays to the Europa Clipper launch to Jupiter's icy (potentially habitable) moon? NSN July 24 BONUS

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Northern lights over OXFORD - 11th May 2024 #shorts #aurora

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Renovating my new office PART 4 - furniture FINALLY! #shorts

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“Half moonshine, full eclipse” - Taylor Swift uses Earthshine as a metaphor for celebrity #shorts

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The coolest JWST plot I’ve ever seen #shorts #astrophysics #jwst

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Wait, has JWST SOLVED the "crisis in cosmology"?! #shorts #astronomy #science

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Are we finally getting some JWST crisis in cosmology results?! #shorts

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Renovating my new office PART 3 - building my desk #shorts

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Total Solar Eclipse Monday 8th April 2024 #shorts

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Painting my new filming space and office! 🖥️ #shorts

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An astrophysicist reacts to 3 Body Problem #shorts

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My new filming space and office 🥳 #shorts

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Valentine's Day stargazing date ❤️ spot Jupiter & Pleiades #shorts

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Ingenuity helicopter on Mars damages rotor blade, and is no longer able to fly #shorts

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Newly discovered "Big Ring" mega-structure of galaxies breaks our best model of the Universe

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No, JWST has not discovered aliens... #shorts #aliens #jwst

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JWST made the crisis in cosmology even WORSE (AGAIN) #shorts

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⚠️ The ISS looks a lot like Santa's sleigh ✨ #shorts #astronomy

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The Geminids Meteor Shower peaks on December 13th 2023 (spot them at the weekend too!) #shorts

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Purple splotches in new Euclid space telescope images: real objects or ghosts? #shorts #astronomy

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Euclid vs JWST vs Hubble diffraction spike star shapes #astronomy #science #shorts

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Observing Jupiter & Saturn through a telescope in the Maldives #short

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The first SCIENCE IMAGES from the Euclid Space Telescope 🤯#shorts

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Top tips for stargazing: dark sky sites let you see more stars #shorts

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There’s 38 signed copies of my book in Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 #shorts

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Top tips for viewing the Moon through a telescope #shorts #AD

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I guessed who would win the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023! #shorts

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Nobel Prize Predictions - Physics 2023 #shorts

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OSIRIS-REx is back! Time to start testing the asteroid sample it delivered #astrophysics #shorts

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