COLD WORLDS: Why Some Planets Freeze And Others Burn ❄️🔥

Fun Kids Science Weekly

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🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It’s time for another trip through the solar system and beyond on the Fun Kids Science Weekly!

In this episode, we answer YOUR questions, meet a prehistoric-looking reptile in Dangerous Dan, and uncover the science behind invasion biology.

In Science in the News, SpaceX has pulled off a nail-biting test flight that could change the future of space travel, researchers in India have uncovered a fossil that looks like it came straight from the age of the dinosaurs, and Ian White joins us to celebrate a conservation first — the arrival of baby dormice in Bragate Park!

Etta wants to know how our bodies digest large amounts of food, while Ed Turner from the National Space Centre helps us solve the mystery of Uranus: if it’s so far from the Sun… why is it hot?

In Dangerous Dan, we discover the Tuatara — a fascinating creature that looks like a dinosaur and hides some amazing secrets.

And in Battle of the Sciences, Dan is joined by Tim Blackburn from UCL to explore invasion biology and find out what happens when species spread into new environments.

What do we learn about?
· A dramatic new SpaceX test flight
· A dinosaur-like fossil unearthed in India
· Why Uranus is hot, even though it’s far from the Sun
· The incredible Tuatara and its prehistoric past
· And in Battle of the Sciences… the science of invasion biology

All on this week’s episode of Science Weekly!

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0:00.0	Welcome along, Explorer. It's that time of the week on planet Earth, where we quickly leave
0:03.9	planet Earth and we explore the amazing universe that's abundant and all around us. My name's
0:10.0	Dan. Welcome to the Fun Kids Science Weekly. This week, we'll head to the far reaches of the solar
0:18.5	system and find out if Uranus is so far from the sun, can it be hot or is it cold?
0:27.2	What's going on? We'll explore the mysteries of temperatures through the galaxy.
0:33.2	We think something happened a long, long time ago, a big collision, that, to put it in simple terms, basically stole Uranus's heat.
0:42.3	Also, you can hear about a reptile that looks just like a lizard. No one can really figure that out. It's coming up and we'll discover all about the science behind invasion biology.
0:53.9	It's about the creatures we share our planet with.
0:56.9	And we all do or should love animals, plants and other strange and wonderful forms of life.
1:02.2	I think the best thing about invasion biology is that it mixes biology with human history
1:07.5	and the quirks of our own human nature.
1:13.3	That's on the way in a brand new Fun Kid Science Weekly.
1:20.5	Let's start with your science in the news then.
1:26.1	SpaceX has pulled off a successful test flight of its brand new Starship Rocket.
1:29.2	It's the world's largest and most powerful rocket,
1:34.4	and it flew for an hour over in the United States last week. It's very important because a few of its recent tests have ended in flames and failure. At times, part of its engine appeared to
1:41.1	explode. The flaps on the side caught fire, but crucially, all of its 33 engines fired up and worked, and it managed to land back in the ocean, more or less in one piece. That's really important because one day this rocket, it's meant to be taking people to the moon and even Mars and NASA, the American Space Agency, are really relying on SpaceX, being able to
2:02.8	get them rockets that actually work, so that's a brilliant sign. Also, researchers in Asia have
2:09.2	found the fossilized remains of a crocodile-looking creature from the Jurassic era in India.
2:15.8	The fossil is a phytosaur. It's almost two meters long, which is big.
2:19.7	Experts say it's likely to be more than two million years old. The phytasol was an animal that
2:25.1	lived on river and land. It's a long low lizard and it's evolved into the crocs that we know now.
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