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About
British YouTuber and astrophysicist known for her educational astrophysics-related YouTube content including the viral "A day in the life of an Astrophysicist at Oxford University," which received nearly 4 million views. She has amassed over 730,000 subscribers on her channel.
Before Fame
She earned a master's degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Durham in the year 2012. She originally started making YouTube videos for her astrophysics department before becoming inspired to make a channel of her own. She joined YouTube in early 2015 and posted her first video titled "Galaxy Zoo goes observing at the CSO, Mauna Kea, Hawaii" on February 9th, 2015. She earned her doctorate in 2017 from the University of Oxford.
Trivia
She received the 2020 Mary Somerville Medal and Prize for the work she's done in educating people through her YouTube channel. She is cohost of The Supermassive Podcast with journalist Izzie Clarke. She is the author of "A Brief History of Black Holes" (2022).
Family Life
She was born Rebecca Jane Smethurst in England.
Associated With
She used to make content for Brady Haran's channel before she created her own channel for her content.
