Space
Space
University lecturer Dr Falk Rieß (Institute of Physics)
You have no doubt tried at some point to picture the Earth, the Moon and the stars in space: what shape is the Earth we live on, and how big is it actually? How do the Sun and the Moon move? Where are the stars? Where is ‘up’ and where is ‘down’ in space? Before space travel existed, people formed their own unique ideas about the world, which are as varied as the people themselves and the places where they live.
We’ll show you some of these and tell you how children from different countries imagine the world. And we’ll show you how to explain celestial phenomena – such as the phases of the moon.