Alexa and the European Space Agency launch images from the James Webb Telescope into homes across the UK

To observe World Space Week (4-10 October), Amazon has teamed up with the ESA to animate the adjacent procreation of budding abstraction enthusiasts

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   With descriptive captions curated by EduTuber and BAFTA Award-winning children’s presenter Maddie Moate, children tin spot the imagery and larn astir the beingness by simply asking “Alexa, what does abstraction look like?”. Designed to get much kids and parents learning astir abstraction together, it comes arsenic probe reveals 86% of children aged 5-12 privation determination were much ways to larn astir space, and 69% deliberation images and videos are the astir breathtaking ways to learn.1 of 3

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   The survey besides reveals immoderate amusive insights into kids’ thoughts and opinions connected space, with 1 successful 7 believing that the satellite Mars and the Milky Way were named aft cocoa bars (16%), and implicit 2 fifths assured they volition sojourn abstraction astatine immoderate constituent successful their beingness (42%).2 of 3

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   This caller assets could besides assistance parents brushwood up their abstraction knowledge, arsenic the caller information reveals big Brits’ 10 astir communal misconceptions astir space: Pluto is simply a satellite (46%). Mars is ever reddish (38%). The prima revolves astir Earth (30%). Mercury is the hottest satellite (29%). The Moon is ever the aforesaid region from Earth (24%). The Moon makes its ain airy (23%). The Moon gets person to Earth each twelvemonth (21%). Stars are eternal (19%). All planets successful the Solar System person coagulated surfaces (16%). All asteroids are recovered successful the asteroid loop (15%). The spectacular images are present disposable connected Echo Show devices, enabling kids and families to research the unthinkable wonderment of the beingness close from their home.3 of 3