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Fun Kids Science Quest

ALIEN OCEANS: Scientists Discover a Strange New Liquid Planet 🌌πŸͺ

Fun Kids Science Quest

Fun Kids

Science, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.5 β€’ 1.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 28 March 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It's time for another BIG and BRILLIANT adventure into the world of science on this week’s Science Quest!

In Science in the News, Earth’s climate is now more out of balance than at any point in recorded history, with the planet gaining more heat than it can release. We also explore a surprising Iron Age discovery that has stunned scientists, before heading into deep space to investigate a newly discovered type of liquid planet, as Harrison Nicholls from Oxford University explains what it could reveal about worlds beyond our own.

It’s time for your questions too. Toby wants to know how the science behind the Northern Lights, and Dr Scott Paterson answers Rocco’s question: about why humans have bones and what they actually do?

Dangerous Dan introduces the Spanish Ribbed Newt, a creature with a truly unusual defence mechanism.

And in Battle of the Sciences, astrobiologist Dr Vic Pearson takes us on a journey beyond Earth to explore the search for life elsewhere in the universe.

Plus, Professor Hallux is back with Bones and Skeletons, putting his brand-new invention to the test as he discovers what our skeleton really does and why we need it.

What we learn about:

• Why Earth’s climate is becoming unbalanced
• A newly discovered type of liquid planet
• How the northern lights are created
• Why humans have bones and what they do
• The Spanish Ribbed Newt
• How scientists search for life beyond Earth

All that and more on this week’s Science Quest!

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0:00.0

Happy Meal just got a cosmic boost

0:03.0

because the Super Mario Galaxy movie has landed in cinemas

0:06.0

and Mario hasn't come alone.

0:08.0

There's a whole galaxy for your little ones to discover.

0:11.0

Some fun, some food, it's all inside this Happy Meal.

0:15.0

Until the 4th of May from 11am, includes one preselected book or toy whilst talks last.

0:20.0

Well, hello, Explorer. What a joy it is that you've popped along.

0:25.1

You've joined me on an awesome adventure through the universe. We are discovering secrets no one

0:29.5

could dream of. My name is Dan and it's a brand new science quest. This week on the smartest show

0:36.4

in the solar system, we're looking at your skeleton.

0:39.5

You are carrying 206 bones in your body every day, but have you ever wondered why?

0:47.4

Bones themselves aren't just scaffolding. They're also really important to our function.

0:52.1

So in the core of bones, there's what's known as

0:57.1

the bone marrow. And that's a really important site of a process called hematopoises or blood cell

1:04.1

production. Also thinking of bones, we're looking at a creature that uses its ribs as a weapon, and we're exploring

1:14.0

a science that tackles one of the biggest questions of all, is there life elsewhere in the

1:18.7

universe?

1:20.9

I'd really like to know what it looks like underneath the ice of the icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus,

1:29.2

I would like to know what the ocean floor looks like and whether or not there's any life there.

1:35.7

It's all on the way in a brand new science quest.

1:41.5

Let's start with your science in the news then. Not a brilliant one to kick us off because the Earth's climate is more out of balance than at any other time in recorded history. That's what the world meteorological organisation has said. They've warned that our planet is gaining much more heat energy than it can release, mainly caused by gases that trap the heat.

2:03.9

And this excessive energy, it's heating the oceans to new height and it's still melting the

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