Fun Kids Science Weekly

Why Are Planets Round?

How would aliens communicate with us, and how will we find out if they do?  NASA and SETI scientist Ann Marie Cody joins us to chat more about how she finds signals from other planets, and how an intelligent race might contact us! We dive deep und…

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We’ve Found A New Planet That May Have Aliens!

Who could our Mission Transmission message reach? And how will we make sure aliens understand our message? Astronomers from the Royal Observatory, Tania de Sales Marques and Patricia Skelton join us this week to answer all of your burning space questio…

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What is a Lightyear?

Who could our Mission Transmission message reach? And what exactly is a lightyear? Astrophysicist Paul Sutter joins us this week to answer space questions and more! We start 2 new series this week, jump back in time to the home of the Tyrannosaurus Rex…

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The Nearest Planet That Could Have ALIENS!

Who could our Mission Transmission message reach? And how long does it take to get to the nearest star? Greg Brown, astronomer from the Royal Observatory answers these questions and more about what is closest to us in the universe in this week’s Scienc…

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Creating A Message Aliens Can Understand!

Creator of the Golden Record, Jon Lomberg joins us in this week’s Science Weekly podcast to chat all about how he created a message that aliens could understand, and we hear from Flex at the We Are Curious Museum in Bristol to find out more about what …

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How Do We Send A Message Into Space?

SpaceSpeak’s Peter Beery joins us in this week’s Science Weekly podcast to chat all about how he is sending our Mission Transmission message into space and we hear how you can go to space with Mission Transmission! We catch up with Sidney McSprocket wh…

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How We Can Send YOUR VOICE TO SPACE!

NASA’s Astronaut Candidate Jack Hathaway joins us in this week’s Science Weekly podcast to chat all about his journey to become an astronaut and we also hear how you can go to space with Mission Transmission! We catch up with Sidney McSprocket who is t…

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The Best of 2021!

Astronauts, Doctors and Prime Ministers join us in this special best 2021 episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly! Boris Johnson answers your climate questions, Tim Peake chats about his life in space and Adam Kay joins us to give us some really gross b…

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How Does The Planetary Defence System Work and Why Do We Have It?

Catherine from the National Space Centre joins Dan for this week’s Science Weekly podcast to chat all about earths planetary defence system and how it works to deflect asteroids. We catch up with Sidney McSprocket who is teaching us about Great British…

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How Do Scabs and Snot Help Us? And Why Is Fire Orange?

Vaccine creator and Scientist Katie Ewer joins Dan for this week’s Science Weekly podcast talking the science behind vaccines and why snot and scabs are so important! We catch up with Sidney McSprocket who is teaching us about Great British Scientists …

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