This is a podcast from the children's radio station Fun Kids. Listen on DAB digital radio across the UK or online at FunKidslive.com.

Hello, nice to see you. It's time for the most mind-melting part of your week.

This is the Fun Kids Science Weekly. My name's Dan. Thank you so much for giving us a listen. It's the show where we take a trip to the most dangerous and deadly part of the universe and get you back within about half an hour.

Now this week, we're meeting the stinkiest fruit in the world. Also, we'll have a look at the

fattest species of parrot, and we'll take a peek inside the night sky. I also, I need to answer some of your questions.

So if you've said hello over on Apple Podcasts, stick around.

I might say hello back in a sec.

First, let's help our alien friends get back home.

This is N&G.

Energy's meat and motivator.

So guys, you know all about energy, right?

No, we are energy.

Solar system specialists, no less.

So what's up?

Well, I'm on a mission to find out more.

I know that energy we use in our homes comes through meters that you have to read.

I mean, how do you read energy?

It's not like it's a book. And where

does the energy even come from? Well, that's an easy one. Come on, let's see where it all starts.

We're deep under your earth's surface. This is where energy companies drill thousands of

feet down to reach reserves of natural gas. Gas is one kind of energy that's used to heat your cozy habitats and cooking appliances.

Once extracted, it is stored until needed and then delivered to homes.

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