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Wednesday 11th March 2026
9:30 am - 10:00 amWednesday 11th March 2026
10:30 am - 11:00 amDr Karl joins Susan Graham-Ryan on ABC Townsville
Wednesday 11th March 2026
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmDr Karl joins Kelly Higgins-Devine on ABC Brisbane/Queensland
Thursday 12th March 2026
9:30 am - 10:00 amDr Karl joins Rory McClaren on ABC Adelaide
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National Geographic Kids Why Is It Dark at Night?
Night and dark with Dr Karl… When there is no moon at night, the sky is dark – apart from the light of the stars (let’s ignore the planets). There are thousands of billions of billions of stars, and together they give out a lot of starlight. So why doesn’t the night sky glow as […]
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Space special with NASA astronaut Dr Gregory Chamitoff
What’s it like to live in space for 183 days? NASA astronaut Dr Gregory Chamitoff joins Dr Karl to answer all your space questions.
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Dry hands, nervous weeing and resetting your sense of smell
Do you have a fear of belly buttons? Why does your tummy grumble when you’re hungry? If human’s didn’t interact with each other, would we walk like monkeys?
National Geographic Kids The Pillars of Creation
The Eagle Nebula is a stellar nursery: a place where new stars are born. It’s about 7,000 light years away from Earth (for comparison, the nearest star to our sun is about four light years away). The Eagle Nebula contains three enormous pillars (a few light years high), growing like stalagmites from the floor of […]
