0:00:02 > 0:00:04Hello, stargazers!
0:00:04 > 0:00:09Just checking my red Mars hat will keep me warm under the stars.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Oh, look! More colourful hats.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Hello, stargazers!
0:00:13 > 0:00:16- Are you nice and warm under your hats? ALL:- Yeah.
0:00:16 > 0:00:22Oh, great! Then we're all set to go stargazing, and you come, too!
0:00:22 > 0:00:28Stars and planets and so much more, countdown to launch mission explore!
0:00:28 > 0:00:35- ALL:- Five, four, three, two, one, lift-off!
0:00:41 > 0:00:44# We're on a mission to explore
0:00:44 > 0:00:47# The wonders of the stars above us all
0:00:47 > 0:00:50# Planets, stars and more there for us to find
0:00:50 > 0:00:55# When we look up high Here we go
0:00:55 > 0:00:59# We're going stargazing
0:00:59 > 0:01:02# Gaze at stars shining bright
0:01:02 > 0:01:05# We're going stargazing
0:01:05 > 0:01:09# Spot a zooming satellite
0:01:09 > 0:01:12# We're going stargazing
0:01:12 > 0:01:15# Glimpse the moon and the planets above
0:01:15 > 0:01:19# We're going stargazing
0:01:19 > 0:01:25# So just look up, look up, look up. #
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- BOTH:- Mission explore. Go!
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Excellent work, stargazers, and welcome to mission control.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Thank you, Maggie.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Now, who wants to help me download the latest mission data?
0:01:51 > 0:01:56- Me!- Now, can you remember Maggie's mini mission from last night?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Well, she asked us to see what different colours we could spot in
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- the night sky. - Let's activate the map.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Map, go!
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Mission data downloading.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Tonight, the sky is a bit greyish.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I can see a plane.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Me too.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Brian Cox here with an update for mission control.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24One of the most beautiful colours I've ever seen in the night sky
0:02:24 > 0:02:28is the Northern lights. I was lucky enough to see them when I visited
0:02:28 > 0:02:30snowy Norway. And they started off
0:02:30 > 0:02:33as a faint, green glow in the sky but,
0:02:33 > 0:02:39pretty soon, the whole sky was ablaze with bright green dancing.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Download complete.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Now, if you'd like to see more mission updates,
0:02:46 > 0:02:51please go to the CBeebies website and click on stargazing.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Come in, mission control.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Sky station calling.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58The stargazers and I went to an amazing place for stargazing
0:02:58 > 0:03:02last night, and I've collected some more mission data for you.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Thanks, Robert. Data downloading.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Stargazers, we are in the most exciting place ever!
0:03:11 > 0:03:13This is an observatory in the Kielder Forest.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17An observatory is a brilliant place to explore the stars.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Now, clever astronomer Becky here is going to help us look for something
0:03:20 > 0:03:22colourful in the night sky.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Tristan, why don't you go first?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Have a go. See what you can see.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31All I can see is clouds.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35We are a little bit clouded out at the moment but, if we weren't,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38what we might see in the telescope is something that looks
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- a little bit red.- Is it Mars?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Oh, yes, you'd be right, yeah.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45We're looking for the planet Mars.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Download complete.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Well done, Robert. Well done, stargazers.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53How exciting, going exploring at an observatory!
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Now, who's ready for another mission from Maggie?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- ALL:- Me!
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Excellent. Well, today's mission is all about this.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- A pom-pom.- Have a look at the pom-poms on your hat.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Now, what shape are they?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- Round.- A sphere.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16That's right, Enzo. They're spheres.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Now, there's lots of spheres out there in the universe,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23and your mission today is to find spheres in space.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Stargazers, shall we see if Robert the robot can find any spheres?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- ALL:- Yeah!
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Sky station, go!
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Copy that, mission control.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Stargazers, we've got a mission to find some spheres.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- Are you ready for action? ALL:- Yeah!- Great!
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Let's go. Oh!
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Oh! Oh, dot, my diodes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48More haste, less speed, Robert.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Oh, I really must tidy up these flowerpots,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53but then we really need to be getting on with Maggie's mission.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Mission, tidy, mission, tidy, mission, tidy.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- ALL:- Mission!- Oh, of course, you're right, stargazers.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01The tidying can wait for once.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Maggie's mission to find spheres is much more important.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Let's go! Come on!
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Oh!
0:05:08 > 0:05:11We found some things to make spheres with.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Are you ready, stargazers?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- ALL:- Yes!- Oh, that's wonderful!
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Then back to the sky station.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32Off we go. No!
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Not so fast, Robert. Not so fast.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Oh, dear.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Ah! Made it. Whoa!
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Oh! Saved it.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Right, stargazers, what are we going to do with these rocks and water?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- ALL:- Turn them into planets.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Oh, wonderful. Well, let's give it a go.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53I see.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Oh, that's very clever.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Yes!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11So, Asin, what kind of planet is that?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13A rocky planet.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Like Mars.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Well, that is genius, stargazers!
0:06:17 > 0:06:19And what shape is it?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- ALL:- A sphere.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Look, everybody. I've just made a rocky, watery planet.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- What planet's like that? ALL:- Earth.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34That's right, the Earth!
0:06:34 > 0:06:36And what shape is it?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- ALL:- A sphere.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40A sphere! Ha-ha!
0:06:40 > 0:06:44HE EXHALES
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Right, what am I filling this planet with?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- ALL:- Air!- Yes, that's right, air, like a gassy planet.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- Jupiter.- And what shape is it?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- ALL:- A sphere.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Oh, stargazers, this is looking wonderful, but you know what?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09There's something missing.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Now, what is it that all planets, including our Earth, orbit around?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- The sun.- The sun. - That's right, the sun.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17And the sun is?
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- ALL:- A star.- I feel a turbo tidy coming on.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Stay right there, stargazers.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I'll be back. Oh! Tidy, tidy.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31Stargazers, I give you a star!
0:07:31 > 0:07:32And what shape is it?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- ALL:- A sphere.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37A sphere, that's right. Big cheer, everybody!
0:07:37 > 0:07:39THEY CHEER
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Back to you, mission control.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Thank you, Robert.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Those round planets and star look beautiful.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53I wonder what other beautiful spheres we'll find in space today.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Potatoes.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Really, Saskia?
0:07:56 > 0:08:00But potatoes aren't particularly round, and they're not beautiful,
0:08:00 > 0:08:04- are they?- Maggie's going to use them to show us something.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Oh, I see.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11- What's that, Maggie?- I'm going to show you how round planets are made.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Now, imagine that these potatoes are actually rocks out in deep space.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20Now, gravity might make three or four rocks fall towards each other.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Here goes, stargazers.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- One potato.- Two potato.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Three potato.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Four.- Oh, there we go, all together.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Now, what sort of shape has that made?
0:08:31 > 0:08:36Kind of an upside down, knobbly triangle kind of thing.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40So, effectively, you've just got a clump of rocks in deep space,
0:08:40 > 0:08:44but what if gravity made all these rocks fall together?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Stand by, stargazers, and...
0:08:47 > 0:08:49One potato.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- ALL:- Two potato.- Three potato.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- Four.- Five potato. - Six potato.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Seven potato.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58More!
0:08:58 > 0:09:02What shape have the potatoes made now, stargazers?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- A circle.- That's right.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09And in deep space, rocks will be coming in from all directions.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12So, can you help me? Got rocks coming in from here,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14from all directions.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Put some over there. Squidge them together.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Gravity's pulling them in.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Push them all together.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Great.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27So, what's the shape beginning to look like now?
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- What do you think, Adam?- Kind of the top of a, kind of, sphere.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34That's right, it does look like half a sphere but, remember -
0:09:34 > 0:09:37in deep space, gravity works in all directions,
0:09:37 > 0:09:41so you'd actually get potatoes coming in under the table, too.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44And if you did that, you really would get a whole sphere.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47So, it's gravity that makes spheres in space?
0:09:47 > 0:09:52- That's right.- Now, these potatoes remind me of something else in
0:09:52 > 0:09:55space, something that shines brightly in the night sky.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Does anyone know what it is?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- The moon.- The moon!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01And what shape is the moon?
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- A sphere.- Excellent exploring, stargazers.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06We found lots of spheres.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09We found stars, we found planets and the moon.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Look! It's getting dark.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24And time for me to put this sphere on my head,
0:10:24 > 0:10:29so we can go outside and look for spheres above our heads.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37OWL HOOTS
0:10:37 > 0:10:41It's dark, so let's go sphere spotting.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Can anyone see the round moon?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- ALL:- No!
0:10:46 > 0:10:48The clouds are covering it.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Yes, you're right. We have the clouds again.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Can anyone see any stars peeping through?
0:10:55 > 0:10:58The mist is covering them up as well.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00But if we could see beyond the clouds,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02what would the stars look like?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Small.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Twinkly and beautiful.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Like dots of light in the sky.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Now, Maggie, are you sure stars are spheres because, from Earth,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18stars do look like tiny dots of light?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22I know what you mean, Chris, but you must remember that stars are really,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25really, really far away, and I promise you,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29if we could go up close to a star, it would look like a sphere.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33So, space is full of spheres, including lots of...?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- ALL:- Stars!
0:11:36 > 0:11:38That's great work, stargazers.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42That's mission complete, and it's definitely a thumbs up from me.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44And it's a thumbs up from me.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46THEY CHEER
0:11:46 > 0:11:49It's amazing to think that all those tiny dots
0:11:49 > 0:11:54of planets and stars are actually enormous spheres.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Well, let's get cosy under the spheres
0:11:57 > 0:11:59for tonight's Starlight Story.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Whoa! You two look extra cosy in there.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13We are pretending we're in an observatory.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18Now, is the sky above your observatory clear or cloudy?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21It's quite cloudy, actually.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Oh, that's a shame.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26But if we could blow the clouds away,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28what stars would come out to play?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31There's four bright stars in the shape of a cross
0:12:31 > 0:12:35with a few other stars scattered around to make up the constellation.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40It's a bird with outstretched wings and a very long neck.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- Is it a swan?- It is a swan.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44It's Cygnus, the swan.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47And look, there she is, ready for her story.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Cygnus the swan wished to play skittles at the fair,
0:12:53 > 0:12:57so she called on her friends to join the game - the dog,
0:12:57 > 0:12:59the crab and the bear.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04The dog bowled the moon, a rocky sphere,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06and knocked down only two.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11Next, it was time for cancer the crab to see what she could do.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16The crab bowled Saturn, a gassy sphere,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18and knocked down three of the pins.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21The friends gave a cheer as the planet rolled on
0:13:21 > 0:13:25and hoopla'd a duck with its wings.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Ursa Major was next in line to give the game a go,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31but, oh, deary, dear!
0:13:31 > 0:13:36Instead of a sphere, the bear chose a lumpy, bumpy potato!
0:13:36 > 0:13:42Cygnus the swan was the last to play and chose a shining star -
0:13:42 > 0:13:48a star so bright and perfectly round, the biggest sphere by far.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52The swan bowled the star to topple the skittles,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55and her friends cheered on with delight
0:13:55 > 0:14:01as all ten skittles tumbled down to score a winning strike.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12Thank you for another great evening exploring the night sky, Maggie.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14It's my absolute pleasure.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18And my mini mission for you tonight is to count how many spheres
0:14:18 > 0:14:21you can spot in the night sky.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24And remember, all stars are...?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- ALL:- Spheres!
0:14:27 > 0:14:31We'd love to how you get on with Maggie's mission,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34so, please, click on stargazing on the CBeebies website,
0:14:34 > 0:14:38and ask a grown-up to send in your mission update.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42We'll see you tomorrow for some more sphere gazing.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Until then...
0:14:44 > 0:14:46- ALL:- Bye!