{"id":1990,"date":"2026-04-24T15:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/innovation\/?post_type=exhibit3&p=1990"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:55:23","slug":"space-discovery","status":"publish","type":"exhibit3","link":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/innovation\/exhibits3\/space-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this session, we were joined by Toni Newell, Planetarium Officer at Dynamic Earth. Sheanswered your space questions, talked about her favourite space facts, and how Scotland is a superstar when it comes to space!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Toni Newell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 25 years ago, I visited a planetarium at a place called Jodrell Bank – I remember learning how to find the North Star using the Big Dipper – and I haven’t stopped stargazing since! I went on to study Astrophysics at the University of Manchester where I got to use some weird-looking telescopes to study weird-looking dead stars at the very same Jodrell Bank. It was here where I also started Science Communication – chatting to people all day, everyday about my favourite topic, space!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After graduating, I did teacher training and then moved to Edinburgh where I now work in the planetarium at Dynamic Earth. Here, we get to make and present all sorts of shows about volcanoes, the ocean, climate change and -of course- space. We also have an inflatable planetarium which looks like a big blue igloo which we take all around Scotland so I\u2019ve got to see some amazing places too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I\u2019m not in the planetarium, you\u2019ll probably find me playing netball or teaching our guinea pigs tricks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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