When Space Goes Rogue....
4/1/202647 min
The Supermassive Team are going rogue (more so that usual!) This time, it’s all about the non-conforming objects in space. Black holes, planets and the other rogue objects Izzie and Dr Becky can think of... Plus, Dr Robert Massey takes on your questions and shares his stargazing tips for April.
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First 90 secondsRobert Massey· Panelist0:00
[techno music] So it's a black hole that's kind of wandering around through space.
Becky Smethurst· Host0:06
Like, we have not found anything. [laughs] I just wanna make that really clear.
Izzy Clarke· Host0:08
[laughs] If we can get rogue black holes, it's not quite as surprising that we can get rogue stars. [techno music] Hello. Welcome to the Supermassive podcast from the Royal Astronomical Society with me, science journalist Izzy Clark, and astrophysicist Dr. Becky Smethurst.
Becky Smethurst· Host0:25
In this episode, we are going rogue. [laughs] [laughs] It's all about the non-conforming objects in space: black holes, planets, and other rogue objects that we can think of.
Izzy Clarke· Host0:36
It sounds like a science fiction episode, you know, When Planets Go Rogue. [laughs] I think we add it to this ever-growing list of, like, science fiction films that we will never make or- Yeah. [laughs] ... envision.
Becky Smethurst· Host0:48
[laughs] Someone out, someone out there can.
Izzy Clarke· Host0:50
Someone out there will.
Becky Smethurst· Host0:50
This is like, you know those, like, creative writing classes where they get prompts? [laughs] Here's your creative writing prompt for this week.
Izzy Clarke· Host0:55
Here's your prompt.
Becky Smethurst· Host0:55
Right? When Planets Go Rogue.
Izzy Clarke· Host0:57
[laughs] Put us in your acknowledgments. Thank you very much.
Becky Smethurst· Host0:59
Yeah, you're very welcome. [laughs] And shout-out to listener Mike in Oregon, who actually recommended that we cover this as a topic.
Izzy Clarke· Host1:04
Yes. Thank you, Mike. So Dr. Robert Massey, the deputy director of the Royal Astronomical Society, is also here. Obviously. It's not an episode without him. Um, so Robert, can you just give us a quick rundown of what exactly is a rogue object?
Robert Massey· Panelist1:21
I, I'm just thinking of those B-movie titles now, um, Izzy. [laughs] But yeah, um, yeah. I mean, look, rogue objects in astronomy, th- they're not inherently evil, they're not bad, but they