• From whether the moon is made of cheese to what would happen if a comet hit Earth,
we answer 10 of your most burning questions about outer space
• Hey there, my name is Shima, I'll be reading out the questions and answers
• I'm Danger Dolan and I'm here to blow your mind with truth
10 - Why does the moon shine?, • The moon has millions of people as an
audience every night and it likes to look pretty, so it cakes itself in shiny make-up
and flutters its eyelashes hoping to one day find a boy moon
• The shine we see is actually sunlight bouncing off of the moon's surface, like a
flash light in a mirror.
So the light of the moon is actually the light of the sun!
9 - Why do people think the moon is made of cheese?,
• Of course the moon is made of cheese!
Only the richest and fanciest of people can afford moon cheese though.
It's soft and super tasty, if a bit sandy.
• Actually, most people don't think the moon is made of cheese even though it looks
like it's full of holes and blue with mould.
Those holes are actually craters caused by asteroids, which are big chunks of rock and
ice that fly through space, and the bluish colour is caused by the Earth's shadow on
the moon's surface!
8 - What is a “Blue Moon”?, • It means the moon is angry at you and
now charging up its intergalactic laser death beam to blow up the Earth – what did it
see you do?
…You ate all the ice cream without sharing it, didn’t you!?
• The name “Blue Moon” actually has nothing to do with the moon's colour.
A Blue Moon is the second full moon in a month, though originally it was the fourth full moon
in a season, like Summer or Winter.
7 - How do planets stay up in the sky?, • Glue, tons and tons of glue is pasted
on outer space and the planets are pushed onto the glue really hard to hold them in
place • The planets in our solar system, including
Earth, all spin around our Sun.
The reason why the planets do this is because of the Sun's gravity, always pulling on the
planets, but because the planets are moving so fast, they spin around the Sun rather than
falling into it.
6 - How many galaxies and stars are there in the Universe?,
• We have an army of scientists and smart people standing in front of a huge telescope
slowly counting them one-by-one – the last time we heard from them, they claimed there
are at least 26 stars in the universe, possibly 27
• A galaxy is a huge collection of stars that all spin around a centre point, like
a spinning top.
In the part of the universe we can see, there are at least a hundred billion galaxies!
But there's a lot of the universe we can't see that also has galaxies.
That's a LOT of stars!
5 - Does everything in the universe spin around our Sun?,
• Yes, and this is because a penguin rides a bike around and around the centre of the
sun to keep things spinning, but it’s such a tough job and it gets so hot inside the
sun that when his replacement comes, he comes back to Earth and chills out on ice to catch
his breath • Not at all!
Our galaxy, called The Milky Way Galaxy, spins like a flying disc and our sun is on one of
the outer arms of it.
Our whole galaxy is whizzing through the universe along with many, many others!
4 - Why is our galaxy called “The Milky Way Galaxy”?,
• If you were to make the long journey to the centre of the galaxy, you’d find a vault
filled to the brim with Milky Way candy bars – but you can’t have any… and that sucks,
man • A long, long time ago, people thought
our galaxy looked like spilled milk across the sky.
The Greeks used to called it “Galaxias kuklos” or “Milky Band” and to the Romans it was
“Via Lactea” or “Road of Milk”.
3 - Why is there no gravity in space?, • We actually don’t have enough gravity
for both space AND Earth, so a long time ago, people in suits decided to take away gravity
from space and made it all floaty, mostly because nobody lives out there – nobody
at all • Actually, there is gravity in space, it
only feels like there isn't!
Astronauts, spaceships, and other things in space are actually always falling due to gravity
pulling on them.
It's like when you're on a roller-coaster and you get that funny feeling in your stomach.
If there was no gravity, astronauts in their spaceships would fly off into space and wouldn't
be able to come back!
2 - What would happen if a comet hit Earth?, • This would be really bad, but luckily
modern advances in technology means we have solutions to prevent this from happening – we
would roll out a giant trampoline and bounce it straight back into space
• Comets have hit Earth before without making too much of a mess, but there are a few other
things that could happen: the comet could burn up in the sky; the comet could land in
an ocean; the comet could hit land and knock down some trees or might even hit a city;
or a really big comet could hit, smashing land, causing a giant tidal wave or even causing
tremors!
1 - How far is the closest Black Hole from Earth?
• You know garbage trucks that visit your neighbourhood or garbage chutes you can tip
your rubbish in to?
That’s not a random ditch you’re pouring it all in to, that’s a black hole
• Astronomers, really smart scientists that study space, think there's a black hole at
the centre of our galaxy!
That's pretty close considering the size of the universe, but it's far enough away that
we aren't in any danger of being sucked in by it.
So, how about it?
Do you have any burning questions about life and the universe that you’d like us to answer
in a future video?
Go ahead and ask it in the comment box below Anyway that’s it, thank for watching, HAVAGUNWUN