When people find out I’m an astrophysicist - I often get asked: “So, what do you actually do all day?” The easiest way to answer that question is to show you. From data crunching, to seminars, to journal clubs, emails and chatting on the radio; this was my Thursday 14th November 2019. ------ Smethurst et al. (2017) - star formation histories of fast and slow rotators - http://arxiv.org/abs/1709.09175 Smethurst et al. (2019) - calm growth of supermassive black holes - http://arxiv.org/abs/1909.01355 ---- 📚 My new book, "A Brief History of Black Holes", out NOW in hardback, e-book and audiobook (which I narrated myself!): http://hyperurl.co/DrBecky 📚 Note, USA & Canada hardback out 1st November 2022 ---- 👕 Check out my merch here: https://dr-becky.teemill.com/ ---- 📚 "Space: 10 Things You Should Know": http://bit.ly/SpaceDrBecky 📚 US & Canada version: "Space at the speed of light" (same book, different title): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo... 📚 German translation "Das kleine Buch vom großen Knall" : https://www.dtv.de/buch/becky-smethur... --- 🔭 Royal Astronomical Society podcast that I’m co-hosting 😱 🥳- podfollow.com/supermassive --- 🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video! --- Music is "Future Girl" by RKVC from the YouTube Music Library --- 👩🏽‍💻 Dr. Becky Smethurst is an astrophysicist researching galaxies and supermassive black holes at Christ Church at the University of Oxford. http://drbecky.uk.com https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk
Hello and welcome to Night Sky News 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 astronomy & space news in the past month. Chapter markers will be provided for each episode if you want to skip ahead to any specific news story, and any scientific research papers I mention will always be linked in the video description. 👩🏽‍💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). 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! 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.

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