0:00:02 > 0:00:05Soon, starlight will scatter through the dark.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08So let's all look up, through the window, at Stargazing Park.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Hello, stargazers.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Well, it's a little bit windy outside here.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17So we're looking up through the window tonight.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Yesterday evening, we discovered how stars are made,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23with lots and lots and lots of dust.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27- And any dust left over makes... ALL:- Planets!
0:00:27 > 0:00:30I wonder if we'll spot a planet tonight.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35- All we need to do is... ALL:- Look up.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42MUSIC: Stargazing by Barrie Bignold
0:00:42 > 0:00:45# When the night falls
0:00:45 > 0:00:49# Maggie helps us see wonders of the stars above us all
0:00:49 > 0:00:52# Turn the lights low, grab a cosy rug
0:00:52 > 0:00:57# Wrap up warm and snug, here we go
0:00:57 > 0:00:59# We're going stargazing
0:00:59 > 0:01:03# Gaze at stars, shining bright
0:01:03 > 0:01:07# We're going stargazing
0:01:07 > 0:01:10# Spot a zooming satellite
0:01:10 > 0:01:13# We're going stargazing
0:01:13 > 0:01:17# Glimpse the moon and the planets above
0:01:17 > 0:01:21# We're going stargazing
0:01:21 > 0:01:23# So just look up
0:01:23 > 0:01:28# Look up, look up. #
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Oh, br-r-r! It's cold out there.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Wow, you guys are stargazing already.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- ALL:- Hi, Maggie. - Hi, stargazers.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48We're really hoping to spot a planet.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Have you seen anything through the window at all?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I can't see anything.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55It's cloudy.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01If it wasn't cloudy tonight, Maggie, would we be able to see a planet?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Sadly not, Chris. We're on the wrong part of the Earth
0:02:04 > 0:02:07to see any planets in the night sky tonight.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09But I do have this.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Can anyone tell me what this is?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- Is it a planet, Maggie?- It is.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22This is the planet Venus. How does it look?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24It looks like a bright star.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26It does look just like a bright star.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Yes, Venus is really bright, because it has lots of cloud round it
0:02:30 > 0:02:34to reflect the sunlight, isn't that right, Maggie?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37That's right, Chris. And I saw Venus early this morning,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40as the sun rose over Stargazing Park.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43My goodness, so you can go stargazing in the morning,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46as well as the evening.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Early in the morning, when you get out of bed, look for stars
0:02:50 > 0:02:54and planets shining over your head.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58I wonder who else is looking up at the night sky.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10It's Keith Fit.
0:03:10 > 0:03:16Up, down. Oh, well done, stargazers. Yaway, bairns, Keith Fit here.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20I'm with my Stargazer friends and we've been doing some exercises,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- haven't we?- Yeah.- With our binoculars.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Now, we know it's a given, I've been studying the stars
0:03:26 > 0:03:30and the planets for over 20 years, so I know what I'm talking about.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34All reet, let's get down to work and see what we can see.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Whoa, man! That's massive.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38I think it's going to hit me on the heed.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41It's the moon!
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Eh? What? Oh, of course. It's the moon.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45TWIT-TWOO
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Now we've been finding out about a planet, which one was that?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- Saturn.- That's right, Saturn.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Come back and join us later, Stargazing fans.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58We'll tell you all about Saturn and what we've discovered.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01See you later, Keith.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03We can't see Saturn out there tonight,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06but does anyone know what Saturn looks like?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- It's yellow.- It has rings.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13If you look at Saturn with just your eye, it looks like a bright yellow
0:04:13 > 0:04:19star, but if you look at it through a telescope, it looks like this...
0:04:19 > 0:04:22It's beautiful. You can see the rings clearly.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Maggie, what are Saturn's rings made of?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28That's a very good question, Elsa.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32You whizz down to Earth and I'm going to fly off into space.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Stargazers, here's Saturn far, far away in space.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- Can you see the rings? - ALL:- Yes.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49- What do they look like? - They look like giant Hula Hoops.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53OK, now imagine you're on a spacecraft, travelling
0:04:53 > 0:04:58through space, getting closer and closer and closer to Saturn.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01What do the rings look like now?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03They look like little bits.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06That's right, Saturn's rings aren't actually solid.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10So Saturn hasn't got a giant Hula Hoop round it after all.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12I'm afraid not, Chris.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Saturn's rings are actually made out of lots and lots
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- and lots of lumps of. .. - ALL:- Ice!
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Let's dim the lights.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26Holly, can you get your torch and shine it onto the ice?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28What does it look like?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30It looks really, really bright.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33That's right. Thanks very much, Holly.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35You can turn your torch off now.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38So what we want to do is make some icy rings around Saturn.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42So, everybody, grab some ice and make a ring around Saturn.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Oh, well done.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Oh, that's looking good. So there's Saturn in the middle.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Oh, have you got some?
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- I think we're nearly there, aren't we, Maggie?- That looks great.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57So now what I want to do is put Saturn
0:05:57 > 0:06:01and its rings in the darkness of space.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04And we need to get Saturn spinning.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Off she spins.- And now you guys are going to be the sunlight
0:06:08 > 0:06:12hitting the icy rings of Saturn.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Go, sunlight!
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Oh, wow, look at that.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20The beautiful rings around Saturn
0:06:20 > 0:06:24are actually made up of lots and lots of bits of ice.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29And the reason why we can see them so clearly through a telescope
0:06:29 > 0:06:33is because they reflect the sun's light so brilliantly.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35What a magnificent sight.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Let's find out what Keith Fit discovered about the beautiful
0:06:41 > 0:06:44planet Saturn.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Three! Two! One!
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- ALL:- Blast off!
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Hey, wait for me!
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Hang on a minute, I just slipped a bit.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Oh, whoa, whoa! Oh, well done, stargazers.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58I was just, you know,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01checking that no-one was left behind.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Whoa! What's that over there?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07That's the rings of Saturn.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12They're made out of loads of ice.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Some bits are tiny.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18And some bits are ginormous.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25How are we going to get past them?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27WHISTLE BLOWS
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Oh, champion! Good thinking.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Good, good. Let's go!
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Whoa! Well, stargazers, we've done it.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41We've landed on the planet Saturn.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Come on, let's go and take a look around.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Oh, I tell you what, it's very bubbly.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Saturn isn't solid like the Earth, it's made of gas.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57And it's very windy too.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Oh, you're reet there, it is very windy! Whoa!
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- THEY LAUGH - Whoa!
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Although, it's quite nice to feel the wind blowing
0:08:07 > 0:08:09through your hair, bairns.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14Now let's get down to business, just how big is Saturn?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- ALL:- Massive!
0:08:17 > 0:08:19That's reet, it's massive.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Let's do a little experiment to show you how massive it is.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25First, I need the planet Earth.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29OK, can you throw me the planet Earth, please?
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Oh!
0:08:30 > 0:08:33THEY LAUGH
0:08:33 > 0:08:40Ha-ha! Look how small planet Earth is, compared to Saturn!
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Let's see how many planet Earths can fit across Saturn.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47OK, stargazers, can we hold Saturn up?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49All reet, off we go. Oh, whoa, oh!
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- ALL:- You can do it, Keith!
0:08:52 > 0:08:55OK, everyone, get ready to count. Here we go!
0:08:55 > 0:09:01- ALL:- One! Two! Three! Four! Five!
0:09:01 > 0:09:06Six! Seven! Eight! Nine!
0:09:06 > 0:09:11Aw! And that's how many planet Earths fit across Saturn, nine.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Oh, hang on a minute. I don't think I can find my way out. Hello?
0:09:16 > 0:09:21Champion!
0:09:21 > 0:09:26Well done, everyone. I had no idea that Saturn was so enormous.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Oh, hold on a second.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Is that big enough, Maggie?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35That looks perfect, Chris.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Now I want us all to imagine that this is a giant bathtub,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40full of water.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Now I've got a rocky planet here.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Can anyone guess which rocky planet this is?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- ALL:- Earth! - That's right.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- What happens if I put Earth into the giant bathtub?- It sinks.- It'll sink.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Let's try it out.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57It sinks straight to the bottom.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Is it bath time for Saturn now?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Definitely.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- What's Saturn doing? - ALL:- It's floating.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09That's right, Saturn is much, much bigger than the Earth,
0:10:09 > 0:10:10but it's made of gas.
0:10:10 > 0:10:16So when you put it in the huge bathtub of water, it floats.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Giant Saturn is a beautiful sight in the night sky.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Who else is looking up tonight?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29It's Brian Cox.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32For thousands of years, people have been gazing up
0:10:32 > 0:10:35at the beautiful night sky and
0:10:35 > 0:10:40dreaming of what it might be like to live in space, or walk on the moon.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46When I was a little boy, those dreams became real
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and astronauts walked on the moon.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52..one giant leap for mankind.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55The world watched on, amazed.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58But now astronauts, like Tim Peake, live in space,
0:10:58 > 0:11:03on the International Space Station, for weeks and weeks at a time.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07This is helping us find out how people can live in space
0:11:07 > 0:11:12on even longer missions and go further than we've ever been before.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14We could even travel to Mars.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20And, you never know, you might get to visit Mars someday.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Thanks, Brian.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Imagine going on a mission to Mars.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31There are so many space missions finding out fascinating
0:11:31 > 0:11:33things about the night sky.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Now, don't forget, you could be part of Tim's mission to the
0:11:37 > 0:11:43International Space Station, just by going on the CBeebies website.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47When you're there, print off his mission patch.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49There it is.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54Colour it in and ask someone to take a photograph of you wearing it.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57You could even give him a big thumbs up to wish him
0:11:57 > 0:11:59good luck on his mission.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02We'd love to see you taking part,
0:12:02 > 0:12:07so ask a grown-up to upload it to the CBeebies website.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13You could wear your mission patch when you go stargazing.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Come on, let's get cosy underneath the stars for tonight's
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Starlight Story.
0:12:21 > 0:12:28# Starlight scattered through the dark
0:12:28 > 0:12:34# Painting stories for us all
0:12:35 > 0:12:41# Gather underneath the stars
0:12:41 > 0:12:49# And hear their wonders told
0:12:49 > 0:12:52# Looking up into the dark
0:12:52 > 0:12:56# The night is yours and it is mine
0:12:56 > 0:12:59# Looking up into the dark
0:12:59 > 0:13:02# The dark upon us all
0:13:02 > 0:13:06# Upon us all the stars will shine
0:13:06 > 0:13:11# Upon us all the stars...
0:13:11 > 0:13:14# ..will shine. #
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Everybody, look up there.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23- ALL:- Auriga, the charioteer.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Auriga, the charioteer, wished to have a bath.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31He towed his tub to planet Earth and filled it from the sea.
0:13:31 > 0:13:37But the bathtub looked far too cold, so he took it somewhere sunny.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Auriga sped around the sun to warm the water up.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46Now the bathtub looked just right, so in he jumped.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Rub-a-dub-dub, rub-a-dub-dub.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52He splished and splashed and watched his rubber duckies float.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54QUACK QUACK
0:13:54 > 0:14:00Rub-a-dub-dub, Auriga relaxed, enjoying his peaceful, bubbly soak.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03But then, in jumped Saturn and its icy rings,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06turning the tub quite chilly.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Rub-a-dub-dub, Auriga giggled, at a bath time that had got quite silly.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Rub-a-dub-dub, he splished and splashed,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17as the bits of ice shone bright.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22The charioteer enjoyed his bath, and the planet, it floated all night.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29We'll see you for more stargazing tomorrow.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33And, don't forget, when you get up, look out of a window.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36There may be a planet waiting to say, "Good morning."
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- See you tomorrow. ALL:- Bye!