Hello and welcome to Mysteries of Science.

My name's Dan and I'm the editor of Science of Nature, a monthly magazine from the team behind The Week Junior.

And I'm Kieran, the features editor.

In each issue of science and nature, we explore the universe through in-depth features, news stories,

or inspiring images, interviews with top experts, and much more.

If this is your first time joining us on the podcast, you've chosen a brilliant episode to start with.

In every episode, we explore one of my favourite parts of the magazine, Mysteries of Science.

These are the stories that have left scientists scratching their heads,

and despite their best efforts, remain well and truly unsolved.

There are mysteries of science everywhere we look and we love them.

Today's mystery is one that we have all spent time thinking about.

Are we alone in the universe or are there aliens out there?

I mean, obviously there are.

Are there? I'm a big believer in aliens. They exist.

Don't worry, don't worry, Kieran. By the end of this episode, you'll come over to my side.

Okay, we will see about that, I think. Luckily today, we've got some absolutely brilliant guests

to guide us on our extraterrestrial

investigation. So we're going to speak to an astronaut who has lived in space, one of the smartest

writers going, and a real-life alien hunter, as well as an author who combines science fiction

with science fact. Wow! Okay, Kieran, we've got the whole universe to explore in the next 25 or so minutes,

so let's get cracking.

We asked you, our listeners, what you wanted to know.

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