Rebecca Smethurst

Becky Smethurst, better known as Dr. Becky, is the kind of public figure science desperately needs. A 1990-born astrophysicist from Lancashire and a research fellow at Oxford, she also runs a YouTube channel that translates black holes and galaxies into something the rest of us can actually grasp. I deeply admire serious, award-winning researchers who choose to spend their energy handing wonder to ordinary people rather than staying sealed inside the lab. That generosity is what keeps science alive in the public imagination. She makes you want to look up at the night sky again, and that, to me, is a rare and valuable gift.

Name (English)

Rebecca Smethurst

Name (Japanese)

ベッキー・スメサースト

Reading

べっきー・すめさーすと

Born

May 15, 1990 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

Origin

Lancashire, United Kingdom

Occupation

astrophysicist / YouTuber / scientist

University

University of Oxford

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/drbecky_s/
• Xhttps://x.com/drbecky_
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88

Tags

• astrophysicist
• YouTuber
• scientist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.