Three, two, one... lift off! Blast into space and take a trip that is out of this world! The incredible features of the Universe are portrayed through one hundred facts, fantastic illustrations and fun cartoons. Learn what it's like to be an astronout, find out what planets are made of, and discover how stars are born.
"Stars and Planets" is an adventure through our solar system and beyond, visiting mysterious worlds from gas giants to frozen rocky moons, and gazing at the millions of stars in the universe.
Written in the style of a traveller's guide book, the authors take you on an interplanetary cruise describing each body in detail. The book runs from the largest (the Sun) to the smallest objects (comets and tiny asteroids) in the solar system. The illustrations are either photos from spacecraft that have visited the various planets and moons, or are hypothetical paintings based on what the sur…
A science book about Earth and our Solar System.
A science book about the solar system.