Today was an 'Awesome Astronomy' day! At Glenholme School we were really fortunate to have the Matariki Cosmodome visit us.
The Cosmodome was set up in our school and it looks like this:
Our whole class went inside the Cosmodome and a visiting scientist showed as all through our galaxy! We learnt about various stars, constellations, planets and the solar system. We were also really interested to learn a bit about black holes!
Keep reading to find out some of the cool things we learnt along with some photos we took from inside the Cosmodome:
- When you’re in space you have to exercise for 2 hours everyday
- Blue stars are hotter than red stars
- Water looks like bubbles in space
- There are three stars pointing to Matariki – Tau Toru
- You can get stuck in a black hole
- Galileo was the first astronomer to use a telescope
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| We were lucky enough to have a real life Astronomer pointing out the stars to us! |
- If you go into a black hole you might never come out
- There are over a billion galaxies
- Matariki is more than 7 stars – there are 500 stars around it
- If you put your arms into a black hole they will stretch and that is
known as spagettification
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| This is Jupiter and its rings |
- The person who first saw Jupiters rings described them as ears
- The sun is 4 ½ billion years old
- When the sun comes up Matariki goes away (we can’t see it)
- You can fly through Saturns rings
- Saturns rings are a whole bunch of little rocks
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| Welcome to our Milky Way |
- There is a hunter in the sky running away from the scorpion
- Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune are gas giants
- Jupiter and Saturn have over 60 moons
- There are over 80 constellations
- The milky way has a black hole in it
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| These are the Matariki Stars |
- No-one knows what will happen if you get sucked into a black hole
- Matariki are young stars
- There are a lot of rocks around Saturn
- Black holes are formed when big stars die
- If you tried touching Jupiters rings you’d fall through
- You can’t land on Saturn or Jupiter
- When stars are young they stay together and when they get older they
move away from each other
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| This is Orion the Hunter |
- The universe is constantly expanding
- You can see Maui’s hook in the sky
- There is an infinite number of stars
- Venus has clouds that rain acid
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| This is what Earth looks like from space |
If you get the opportunity to visit the Cosmodome we really recommend it!
