Am I Made of Stardust?: Dr Maggie Answers the Big Questions for Young Scientists

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We were fortunate to meet Dr Maggie and listen to her talk at the beautiful Sheldonian Theatre during the Oxford Literary Festival, along with a theatre full of young people and their families. X-rays are shown in blue, produced by superheated gases, resulting from supernova explosions and stellar winds. This is the first time in Earth's history that a single species - humanity - has brought such disaster upon the natural world. Most of the elements of our bodies were formed in stars over the course of billions of years and multiple star lifetimes.

For many, the Natural History Museum is a place that inspires learning, gives purpose and provides hope. A fascinating, gruesome, and utterly hilarious book filled with facts all about slime - from the slime sun-cream made by hippos to the monstrous fatberg hiding under the streets of London. Award-winning scientist and BBC broadcaster Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock (MBE) is here to answer all the questions curious kids will ever have about the Universe.Dr Maggie has inspired and been a role model to many girls in particular, and in March ahead of International Women’s Day, was named as a Barbie Role Model for her work promoting science careers to girls. This excellent book presents Dr Maggie’s answers to some brilliant questions asked by children, from “Did a person drive a car on the moon?

The first stars burned their fuel quickly and were able to make only a few elements heavier than hydrogen and helium. Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a real-life space scientist (you may have seen her on the TV) with a passion for sharing the wonders of space and science. Climate change is creating deserts and dead zones, and hunting is driving many species to the brink of extinction. Stars are immense objects - over 99% of the mass in our solar system is in our Sun - and gravity squeezes them. Mae Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock yn wyddonydd gofod go iawn ac mae’n frwd dros rannu rhyfeddodau’r gofod a gwyddoniaeth.Fill out the form below and we'll work with our scientists to answer some of them in our online magazine Discover or on our YouTube channel. The other way to study the life cycle of stars is by finding samples of cosmic dust and observing them through an electron microscope.