You know Auntie B as the beloved inventor and curiosity queen from RTÉjr's Body Brothers, but this Science Week, she is here with her own show - Auntie B's Fantastic Facts!
It's packed with fun, fantastic facts. She is joined by a crew of children who share their favourite facts and tell Auntie B the stories of some real-life kid scientists and young people who achieved fantastic things!
The full series, starring Laura O'Mahony, is coming in 2026, but we have five shows especially for the young scientists out there. It all starts on RTÉjr on Monday at 9.10am and all five will be streaming afterwards on RTÉ Player. And they will drop at noon all during Science Week on the RTÉjr YouTube channel too.
The Letter B
Charlie tells Auntie B about an inventor called Becky who invented something that glows in the dark. Also, fantastic facts about a beach that disappeared, butter that's thousands of years old and a blue lobster found in Belfast!
The Letter G
Auntie lands her parachute next to a goat. Other fantastic facts about the glass frog, a girl named Gray who discovered a supernova, and the first flight across the Atlantic, which landed in Galway!
The Letter M
A fantastic fact about a message in a bottle that washed up on an Irish beach! Also, meerkats and mantis shrimps, amazing mazes and a girl named Mary who discovered the fossil of a massive sea creature!
The Letter R
Fantastic facts about Red Squirrels in winter, the world record for the longest table tennis rally and a raccoon that climbed a skyscraper! Plus, there’s a fantastic boy who invented a robotic arm!
The Letter W
Facts about the shape of wombat poo, how wolves use their sense of smell, the length of the Great Wall of China and a boy named William who made his own electricity!
For more great Science Week content visit rte.ie/scienceweek.
