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

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The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy close to the Milky Way.

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? She is passionate about encouraging young people to pursue their “big, crazy dreams” and to answer big questions. Stars are immense objects - over 99% of the mass in our solar system is in our Sun - and gravity squeezes them. When those stars went supernova - exploded powerfully - and expelled the elements they had produced, they seeded the next generation of stars. She spoke about her challenges at school, her big dreams that had driven her to pursue space science, and the dreams she still has, such as travelling to outer space.

Stars that go supernova are responsible for creating many of the elements of the periodic table, including those that make up the human body. Every year, more people are reading our articles to learn about the challenges facing the natural world. Dr Maggie talked about some big questions scientists are exploring answers to and shared amazing facts about the Universe. When that happens to really big stars you can get some really, really spectacular supernovas,' Ashley says. Suitable for upper primary school readers, this is a nicely illustrated book – Dr Maggie appears in the illustrations throughout the book with her robot assistant IQ – with a good level of text to the page, but not too much to put off more reluctant readers.

Written in Dr Maggie’s fun, accessible style, and featuring out-of-this-world illustrations throughout, it’s guaranteed to bring the wonders of space and science to life for young readers. Things that are made at high temperatures in the atmosphere of stars are resistant to acid and therefore left behind. About 2,400 massive stars in the centre of the nebula produce intense radiation and powerful 'winds' of ejected material. 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. We find it in the really, really pristine, primitive meteorites that were never altered on asteroids in the early solar system,' Ashley says.The other way to study the life cycle of stars is by finding samples of cosmic dust and observing them through an electron microscope. 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. The burning that takes place inside stars draws on a huge amount of fuel and creates an enormous amount of energy. Meanwhile, the burning inside a star creates energy which counteracts the squeeze of gravity which is why our sun is stable. This is the first time in Earth's history that a single species - humanity - has brought such disaster upon the natural world.

This book is full of wondrous facts, questions and answers about space, spacecrafts and galaxies far, far away.For many, the Natural History Museum is a place that inspires learning, gives purpose and provides hope. People tell us they 'still get shivers walking through the front door', and thank us for inspiring the next generation of scientists. So it's very likely that there are a whole bunch of different stars that have contributed the elements we see in our own solar system, our planet and those found within you. This process has been going on for something like 13 billion years and our solar system is thought to have formed only 4.