The films in this collection cover aspects of space science, including telescopes, black holes, dark matter, the scale of the universe and light years.
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Hubble Space Telescope
This film, from Twig World, shows how scientists working on the Hubble Telescope, orbiting 400 miles above the Earth, fixed a fault by giving the telescope a pair of spectacles. The key points made in the film are: •The Hubble Telescope took eight years to build, from over 400,000 parts. •Initially, a fault in...
What is a Light Year?
This film, from Twig World, looks at what a light year is, how it is measured and why we measure distance in terms of time?
The key points made in the film are:
•Light travels through space at 300 million metres per second
•A light year is the distance that light travels in one year
•...
The Search for Dark Matter
This film, from Twig World, looks at the work of scientists, deep underground in a disused mine in Yorkshire, searching for particles that can't be seen and have never been detected, but might bind our Universe together.
The key points made in the film are:
•Dark matter is believed to make up about...
Telescopes
This film, from Twig World, looks at who invented telescopes and how they have developed throughout history.
The key points made in the film are:
•The first optical telescopes were made around 1608. •Early telescopes consisted of a convex lens and an eyepiece.
•Later telescope designs used...
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| Subject(s) | Science, Physics |
|---|---|
| Age | 11-14, 14-16 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cx64e |
