Mission Mars: The 17 year old girl who has been preparing her whole life, to be one of the first humans to go to Mars. 17 year old Alyssa Carson from Louisiana is on a training programme to become an astronaut and has her eyes set on the 2033...
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It’s that time of the year again – fabric is strewn across living rooms nationwide as parents put the finishing touches onto World Book Day costumes. Books are marvellous things – they take us on adventures to faraway worlds and...
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It’s that time of year again. The Sun has poked out from behind its usual wall of cloud for a few days, and we’ve prepped wonderful outdoor activities to keep our little ones occupied from half term until September. And then, of course, the...
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Our kids’ science questions blog series is getting a science fiction flavour again as we consider is it possible to travel faster than light. In many science fiction shows and films travelling across the Galaxy to distant stars and planets is a...
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Our regular blog series providing answers to the science questions kids ask is getting a little sci-fi flavour. First in this mini-series we ask “could you build a real lightsaber?”. Every one of the last five decades has had at least one...
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We tackle 10 of the most common misconceptions in science and false facts.  We only use 10% of our brain If only we could unlock that other 90%, we could have super powers! The idea our brains have incredible hidden potential is very appealing...
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It might have been difficult to notice through Storm Doris yesterday, but with every day there is a sunrise and a sunset. In between, the familiar ball of fire appears to crawl its way across the sky, bringing us light and warmth.  But what is...
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We‚Äôre all about fun kids’ science activities¬†and making discoveries through play. It encourages scientific understanding, it develops analytical skills and, most importantly, it can awaken curiosity and awe. But in some cases a child...
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If your child asks you this question, don’t feel you actually need to know the answer. Nobody knows, which makes it a great question. Forget UFOs and little green men, we are thinking about the possibility that Earth is not the only place in...
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“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at...
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“There’s something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge” – Sally Ride. Sally Ride, the first female American astronaut, was well-versed in pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. Her words remind us that...
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This is one that lots of people get wrong, even people who know quite a bit about science. I used to train planetarium presenters at a science centre and am sad to say I often gave people the wrong answer to this question. It’s taught wrong in...
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