Shooting Stars CBeebies Stargazing

Soon, starlight will scatter through the dark.

So, let's all look up at Stargazing Park.

Welcome to another evening of Stargazing.

Last night, we looked at the beautiful planet Saturn.

Maggie showed us how the sun lights up the planet's icy rings.

I wonder what the sky's got in store for us tonight.

Are you ready to go stargazing, stargazers?

-ALL:

-Yes!

Come stargazing with us. All we need to do is...

look up.

# When the night falls Maggie helps us see

# Wonders of the stars Above us all

# Turn the lights low Grab a cosy rug

# Wrap up warm and snug Here we go

-# We're going stargazing

-Gaze at stars shining bright

-# We're going stargazing

-Spot a zooming satellite

# We're going stargazing

# Glimpse the moon And the planets above

# We're going stargazing

# So just look up, look up, look up. #

-Come and join us underneath the stars.

-Hi, Chris. Hi, stargazers.

-ALL:

-Hi, Maggie.

-Gosh, what are you up to?

-Drawing the night sky.

Oh, what a brilliant idea. What are you hoping to see up there to draw?

I'm trying to spot the satellites and the Space Station.

I've drawn a pattern of stars.

Our beautiful night sky is definitely a work of art.

Why don't YOU draw a picture of the night sky where you are?

When the clouds overhead drift apart, the stars are revealed.

A work of art.

Who else is looking up at the beautiful night sky?

It's Abe and Joanna.

-Hi, Chris!

-Hey, stargazers.

We are enjoying the night sky, too.

-What have we spotted so far, stargazers?

-Shooting stars!

Yeah, look! Shooting stars!

-We made that picture earlier, didn't we, stargazers?

-ALL:

-Yeah.

Come back later and find out just how we did it.

That shooting star picture looked wonderful.

Is there a chance we'll see shooting stars tonight?

Well, there is a possibility. Let's have a look.

Shooting stars move quickly through the night sky,

so we need to look for something that's very fast.

Is that one?

It's a plane.

Shooting stars are faster than planes or satellites.

When they fall, they make a line of light across the night sky.

Oh, like this?

Yes, just like that.

A shooting star is a lovely sight if you happen to see one,

-isn't it, Maggie?

-Yes. Shooting stars are very beautiful.

-Why can we see shooting stars?

-That's a really good question.

Why don't we go inside the cafe and find out? Come on.

OK, stargazers, we need to keep this blanket nice and tight.

And we need an earth.

Now, are shooting stars actually stars, Maggie?

No, we call them shooting stars because they look like stars,

but they're actually made up of something much smaller than a star.

Does anyone know what a meteoroid is?

It's a small rock what zooms through space.

That's right.

Meteoroids are small rocks that probably came from

a large, rocky asteroid.

And they can be this sort of size.

-Wow, that's tiny.

-Some are smaller than that.

Most of the meteoroids that become shooting stars

-are just specks of dust.

-Whoa!

So, how can we see something that tiny in the night sky?

That's a good question. We need to think what happens to a meteoroid

when it gets close to earth.

OK, guys. Grab your meteoroids.

OK, stargazers, let's get these meteoroids moving.

-Now, what's happening to them?

-They keep falling towards earth.

That's right, the earth is pulling the meteoroids towards it.

And that pull is called gravity.

Is that the same thing that keeps us on earth, Maggie?

That's right, Chris. Let's put this blanket away.

Thank you.

Now, I've got another experiment for you.

I want you all to jump up into space.

Jump.

Good jumping!

-But what's happening?

-We keep on falling back down to earth.

Yes, gravity keeps us on the ground.

It also keeps our atmosphere in place.

Our atmosphere is gas and clouds that surround the earth,

and that's really important because it allows us to live and breathe.

So, it's gravity that pulls the meteoroids towards earth.

Yes. As a meteoroid falls towards the earth, it's called a meteor,

and as it hits the earth's atmosphere,

it glows really brightly.

Like this meteor glow.

Don't forget, meteors are falling really quickly,

so it's meteor...

-ALL:

-Go!

-Shall we do it again?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Meteor glow, meteor...

-ALL:

-Go!

One more time. Meteor glow, meteor...

-ALL:

-Go!

So, shooting stars are glowing meteors

falling quickly towards earth.

Yes, but most of them are so tiny that they burn up in the atmosphere

-before they ever reach the ground.

-Oh.

A beautiful sight that's over in a flash.

Thankfully, Joanna and Abe from the Let's Go Club

have created a picture of shooting stars

that will hopefully last a bit longer.

Let's find out how they and the stargazers got on.

-Who'd like to look at some art?

-ALL:

-Me!

Excellent, cos we are at the perfect place to do that, the art gallery.

-Are you ready, stargazers?

-ALL:

-Yeah!

-Let's go!

-What can you see, stargazers?

-ALL:

-Stars!

Look at that. The stars in the night sky have inspired an artist

to make some starry wallpaper.

-Shall we go and see what else we can find in the gallery?

-Yeah.

-Come on.

-What can you see, stargazers?

-ALL:

-More stars!

Yeah, that's right.

An artist has embroidered the night sky full of stars.

It's beautiful.

Stargazers,

would YOU like to create a piece of art based on the night sky?

-ALL:

-Yeah!

Great! Well, then, let's go.

Look at that - a night sky just waiting to be decorated.

-What do you think we should put in it?

-Shooting stars.

Let's use this paint to make our meteors glow.

Meteor glow.

Meteor glow.

Meteor glow.

Meteor glow.

The picture is looking great,

but, stargazers, the meteors don't quite look like shooting stars yet,

-so what do we need them to do?

-Fall to earth.

That's right. Shall we give them a hand?

-ALL:

-Yeah.

-Yeah? Are you ready?

-Meteors...

-ALL:

-Go!

-Wow! What have we made?

-ALL:

-Shooting stars!

Right, let's go and wash our hands

and then I've got a surprise for you. Come on.

-ALL:

-Wow!

-What can you see, guys?

-ALL:

-Our shooting stars.

It's a work of art,

on display in an art gallery,

just like all the other art work we saw earlier. Well done, guys.

Now, guys, who thinks this is the perfect spot

to send our friend, astronaut Tim, a big thumbs up?

-ALL:

-Yeah!

-Ready?

-ALL:

-Good luck, Tim!

Hi, stargazers.

During my mission to the International Space Station,

I'll be finding out what it's like to live in space.

There are many other space missions discovering lots of amazing things.

The Rosetta mission got a close-up view of a comet.

It's the first time that scientists have had a good view of a comet.

The spacecraft is following the comet as it travels around the sun

and has even sent back detailed photos of the comet's tail.

It's beautiful.

Join in with my space mission by going to the CBeebies website,

downloading your own space mission patch,

colouring it in and wearing it,

just like mine.

See you soon, stargazers.

I've come back outside to look up.

Look how beautiful the stars are in the night sky.

That same beautiful night sky has inspired astronauts like Tim

to go into space, artists to make wonderful works of art

and people to sing songs and tell stories about the stars.

Oh, look! Shooting stars!

So many meteors!

A meteor shower getting ready for tonight's Starlight Story.

I wonder whose story the stars will tell tonight.

# Starlight scattered Through the dark

# Painting stories for us all

# Gather underneath the stars

# And hear their wonders told

# Looking up into the dark

# The night is yours and it is mine

# Looking up into the dark

# The dark upon us all

# Upon us all, the stars will shine

# Upon us all, the stars will shine. #

Look up there.

-ALL:

-Leo the lion.

Leo the lion wished To dance in the rain

But each time he tried He got a soggy, wet mane.

So the next time it rained He stayed indoors

And busied himself doing his chores.

He dusted here and he dusted there

Using the perfect duster - His liony hair.

Then a shake of his mane And a flick of his tail

Sent a cloud of dust On a heavenly trail

Until down the dust fell Towards the ground

Leo jumped with delight At what he'd found.

A meteor shower! What a wonderful sight!

Shooting stars falling Like raindrops, bright.

Leo flicked his tail And shook his mane

As he danced and danced In the meteor rain.

Please ask a grown-up to upload a picture of you wearing

Tim's mission patch.

We'd love to see it on the CBeebies website.

You can wear it when you go stargazing.

Meteors ready. Meteors...

-ALL:

-Go!

That's great. I think Tim will love that.

We'll see you tomorrow night for one more night of Stargazing.

See you then. Goodbye.

-ALL:

-Bye!