14/03/2018 Newsround

Hi, I'm Hayley.

On Newsround in the

next few minutes...

You tell us your memories

of Professor Stephen Hawking.

Can you guess what this

is on display in Leicester?

First, one of the world's

most famous scientists,

Professor Stephen Hawking, has died.

Ricky's been looking back

at his incredible life.

Stephen Hawking was passionate

about science and the sky -

even as a child.

He went on to become one of the most

famous scientists of all time,

after studying physics at Oxford

University.

When he was 21, he was told he had

motor neurone disease.

It meant he had to use

a wheelchair and had to talk

through a special computer.

But he lived for 50 years longer

than doctors expected and went

on to develop amazing theories that

changed the way the world thinks

about space, stars and the universe.

I do not have much positive to say

about motor neurone disease, but it

taught me not to pity myself and to

get on with what I still could do.

I am happier now than before

I developed the condition.

His most famous book,

A Brief History of Time, sold more

than 10 million copies

around the world.

A film was made about his life

in 2014, and the actor

who played him, Eddie Redmayne,

won an Oscar for his performance.

Professor Hawking even

appeared in The Simpsons.

His family say he was a great

scientist who was brilliant,

very funny and inspired people

across the world.

He was 76.

We've been asking you what you

thought about Professor Hawking.

Let's start with Luke,

who uses a voice computer,

like the famous scientist.

He was humble and a genius.

He was inspiring.

Even though he was in a wheelchair

and couldn't communicate

verbally, he still achieved great

things and had a great mind.

I think meeting

Stephen Hawking was a

completely incredible experience.

Sitting right next to him,

chatting about cosmology

when I was 13 or 14,

was really amazing.

He was a great and inspiration,

especially after being told he

bitterly lifted 24.

Now, you'll be used to seeing sights

like this in the night sky.

But what if I told you,

you could see the moon close up,

inside a building in Leicester?!

Intrigued?

Confused?

Me too.

Luckily Ayshah is here

to explain more.

It's not a sight you see

everyday in a cathedral.

A huge replica of the moon

hanging from the ceiling.

But it's here at Leicester

Cathedral this week to mark

British Science Week.

These schoolchildren from Leicester

have been to check it out.

We have been looking at the moon,

which is incredible.

It is really nice how...it is just

an incredible thing to look at.

I like looking at the moon

because it is really big and it has

got loads of craters.

It looks like it would be really

hard to climb them all.

I didn't actually know

that there was...

It is bigger than I expected.

We have been lying under the moon,

trying to find the smallest crater,

and that is the size of Leicester.

I find it enjoyable

to learn about science.

The moon was made by an artist

in the UK called Luke Jerram.

It's seven metres wide,

and he studied Nasa images

of the moon's surface in detail

to help him make the replica.

Suzie is a scientist and is running

activities for children.

She wants more people

to get into science.

I am here today because

I love space science.

My advice to anyone out there

who is interested in science is to

study hard at school, but also do

lots of other activities in

your spare time.

And who knows?

One of you watching

could be the next

person that goes to the moon

or even on to Mars.

The moon is in Leicester

until the end of the week, before it

continues on its world tour.

Its next stop, the Commonwealth

Games in Australia!

If you fancy heading

to Newsround online,

there's loads of stuff

there for you.

Why not test yourself

with our Quiz of the Week?

Plus we have the latest

on Zayn Malik's love life.

Poor Zayn!

Thanks for watching.

Bye-bye!