About this episode

The episode explores various questions about stars and constellations with expert Talia Sepersky.

How are constellations formed? How many stars are there? What are stars made of? Why are there stars in the sky? Why are stars white? Why are some stars red? Why do stars twinkle? Why do we only see the stars at night? Why is the north star always facing north? We answer your questions about the stars and astronomy with Talia Sepersky of the Museum of Science in Boston. Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript

People in this episode

Guest: Talia Sepersky

Topics covered

• constellations
• stars
• astronomy
• night sky
• star colors

Keywords

• constellations
• stars
• astronomy
• night sky
• star twinkle
• north star
• star colors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Museum of Science in Boston

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