England Key Stage 3

All of the light we receive on Earth comes from the Sun.

Did you know the Earth is travelling around the Sun at nearly 107,000 kilometres per hour?

Have you noticed the Moon is brighter some nights than others? And it looks like the Moon changes shape? We call these changes the phases of the Moon.

Astronomy is driven forward by always asking new questions. When we get to a question that we can’t answer, it usually means that we don’t have the technology, or the knowledge, to get to the bottom of the problem. This drives technology forward.

Have you ever wondered how many stars you can see in the night sky? Did you know that the number you can see depends on where you are?