Q&A: Could Dark Matter Be Space Vampires?
About this episode
The episode features a Q&A session where hosts and guests answer various astronomy-related questions, including the humorous notion of dark matter being space vampires.
It's Q&A time! Izzie Clarke, Dr Becky Smethurst and the Royal Astronomical Society's Dr Robert Massey dive into The Supermassive Mailbox to answer your brilliant and ridiculous questions. 🌑 Do meteors hit the Moon during showers? ⏳ Could black holes create different 'eras' of time? ☄️ Where did the Kuiper belt come from? 🧛♂️ If space telescopes use mirrors and vampires don't have a reflection, could dark matter actually be space vampires? Want more of The Supermassive Podcast? Here are the previous episodes we mentioned and you can now watch us on Youtube ! Do We Live in a Multiverse? (December 2023) How to Time Travel (December 2025) What the heck are Neutrinos? (June 2026) For ad-free listening, join The Supermassive Club on Supporting Cast. Every member helps keep the show running, so thank you! Send us your astronomy attempts, questions (and nonsense!) to podcast@ras.ac.uk, on Instagram at @supermassivepod or post in The Supermassive Club. The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for the Royal Astronomical Society. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Izzie Clarke
Guests: Dr Becky Smethurst, Dr Robert Massey
Topics covered
- dark matter
- space vampires
- Q&A
- astronomy
- black holes
- meteors
- Kuiper belt
Keywords
- dark matter
- space vampires
- Q&A
- black holes
- meteors
- Kuiper belt
- astronomy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Royal Astronomical Society
Books & works: The Supermassive Podcast, Do We Live in a Multiverse?, How to Time Travel, What the heck are Neutrinos?
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