ALIEN OCEANS: Scientists Discover a Strange New Liquid Planet 🌌🪐

ALIEN OCEANS: Scientists Discover a Strange New Liquid Planet 🌌🪐

From Fun Kids Science Quest by Fun Kids

March 28, 2026 · 29 min · Episode 517

About this episode

This episode explores climate change, a newly discovered liquid planet, and answers questions about the Northern Lights and human bones.

It's time for another BIG and BRILLIANT adventure into the world of science on this week’s Science Quest! In Science in the News, Earth’s climate is now more out of balance than at any point in recorded history, with the planet gaining more heat than it can release. We also explore a surprising Iron Age discovery that has stunned scientists, before heading into deep space to investigate a newly discovered type of liquid planet, as Harrison Nicholls from Oxford University explains what it could reveal about worlds beyond our own. It’s time for your questions too. Toby wants to know how the science behind the Northern Lights, and Dr Scott Paterson answers Rocco’s question: about why humans have bones and what they actually do? Dangerous Dan introduces the Spanish Ribbed Newt, a creature with a truly unusual defence mechanism. And in Battle of the Sciences, astrobiologist Dr Vic Pearson takes us on a journey beyond Earth to explore the search for life elsewhere in the universe. Plus, Professor Hallux is back with Bones and Skeletons, putting his brand-new invention to the test as he discovers what our skeleton really does and why we need it. What we learn…

People in this episode

Host: Fun Kids

Guests: Harrison Nicholls, Dr Scott Paterson, Dr Vic Pearson

Topics covered

  • climate change
  • liquid planets
  • Northern Lights
  • human anatomy
  • Spanish Ribbed Newt
  • search for extraterrestrial life

Keywords

  • climate imbalance
  • liquid planet discovery
  • Northern Lights science
  • human bones function
  • Spanish Ribbed Newt
  • astrobiology
  • life beyond Earth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oxford University

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