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Black Hole

Lensing of space time around a black hole. At Oxford we study black holes observationally and theoretically on all size and time scales - it is some of our core work.

Credit: ALAIN RIAZUELO, IAP/UPMC/CNRS. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE IMAGES.

Dr Becky Smethurst

Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellow

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  • Astronomy and astrophysics

Sub department

  • Astrophysics

Research groups

  • Galaxy formation and evolution
  • Hintze Centre for Astrophysical Surveys
rebecca.smethurst@physics.ox.ac.uk
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Public science book

An image of the front cover of "A Brief History of Black Holes" by Dr Becky Smethurst

Told with humour and wisdom, this captivating book describes the secrets behind the most profound questions about our universe – all hidden inside black holes.

Get your copy here

I have been very fortunate to be awarded prizes for my academic and science communication efforts in recent years. In particular, my YouTube channel, 'Dr Becky', which I produce, film and edit content for each week has over 400,000 subscribers (and counting!) is considered to be broadcast quality.

  • Royal Astronomical Society Winton Award 2022 for research by a post-doctoral fellow in astronomy whose career has shown the most promising development
  • Institute of Physics Mary Somerville Prize Medal 2020 
  • Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship 2020
  • Royal Astronomical Society Group Prize 2019
  • Vice Chancellor's Public Engagement with Research Prize 2019
  • Institute of Physics Early Career Physics Communicators Finalist 2015
  • FameLab UK National Final, April 2014, Audience Winner & Judges Runner-up

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