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New Mars Rover concept car and riding the ‘Vomit Comet’

Nasa have unveiled a new Mars rover concept car, that comes with a full laboratory and life support systems! It seats four people and kind of looks like the Batmobile! We speak to the brothers who built it – Shannon and Marc from Parker Brothers Concep…

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New Mars Rover concept car and riding the ‘Vomit Comet’

Nasa have unveiled a new Mars rover concept car, that comes with a full laboratory and life support systems! It seats four people and kind of looks like the Batmobile! We speak to the brothers who built it – Shannon and Marc from Parker Brothers Concep…

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Brothers build a Mars rover concept car for Nasa

Parker Brothers Concepts in Florida have built a new Mars rover concept car for Nasa! It was unveiled to the public at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre Visitor Complex, and could one day be used to get around the Red Planet.
Dan chats to brother…

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What do we know about KELT-9b – the hottest planet ever discovered?

Scientists have found a new exoplanet… that’s the hottest ever discovered! Temperatures on the surface of KELT-9b reach over over 4300°C, making it almost as hot as our Sun! 
Dan chats to Josh Barker from the National Space Centre to find o…

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Jess Butterworth

Jess Butterworth comes into the studio to chat to Bex all about her new book ‘Running on the Roof of the World’! Bex finds out what goes on in the book, and what it’s like meeting the Dalai Lama! Plus Jess answers Bex’s quick fi…

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The News to Amuse & why we need bees

We’re taking a trip to space this week on the Fun Kids Weekly, plus there’s some News to Amuse and we find out more about bees!

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Super hot planets and what’s snot?

We’ve found a new planet… and it’s pretty hot there! KELT-9b is the hottest planet ever found in our universe reaching temperatures of over 4300°C! Josh Barker from the National Space Centre in Leicester tells us more. We also find out how telesc…

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Super hot planets and what’s snot?

We’ve found a new planet… and it’s pretty hot there! KELT-9b is the hottest planet ever found in our universe reaching temperatures of over 4300°C! Josh Barker from the National Space Centre in Leicester tells us more. We also find out how telesc…

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Jacqueline Wilson & Wimpy Kid’s Jeff Kinney

It’s a jam-packed podcast! We look back at when Wimpy Kids’ Jeff Kinney came into the Fun Kids’ studios to chat to Dan all about the new Wimpy Kid film – The Long Haul! We also listen in when Bex met writing legend Jacqueline Wilson! We learn about a s…

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Jacqueline Wilson

Bex chats to the legendary author Jacqueline Wilson about her new book called ‘Wave Me Goodbye’, which is set during the Second World War. She’ll be telling us her favourite character in the book, and answering your questions!

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