It is quite a while since I have posted anything new in the ‘Sing of God and Science’ collection (aimed at KS1 & 2 pupils). So, when a song-writers challenge (Organised by Resound!) incorporated that age-group in this month’s challenge, it felt like a good opportunity to write something new. This gave rise to a realisation that many sciences have been and are making huge strides and lots of discoveries. So, in this song I celebrate the rapidly growing number of discoveries of Exoplanets. In simple terms, these are any planets outside our solar system - planets that orbit round other suns (stars). NASA’s site will give much more detail for any teacher or young-peoples’ workers wanting to use this as a teaching song.
Exoplanets; thousands of them,
spin round hugely distant stars:
as new telescopes look further
they’ll uncover more and more
maybe millions,
could be billions,
even trillions,
or quadrillions,
as God’s cosmos they explore,
as God's cosmos they explore.
Exoplanets spin their orbits
Out beyond Sun’s mighty sway:
those discovered, dim the brightness
of their host star’s gleaming rays.
maybe millions,
could be billions,
even trillions,
or quadrillions,
as God’s cosmos is explored,
as God's cosmos is explored.
Myriads of those exoplanets
Will have moons and weather strange.
Their conditions may be more
Extreme than earthly climate change!
Yes - more millions!
could be billions!
even trillions!
or quadrillions!
as God’s cosmos is explored,
as God's cosmos is explored.
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