Knowledge Encyclopedia Space!: The Universe as You’ve Never Seen it Before

by DK

Length: 210 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: DK CHILDREN
Publication Date: 2021
ISBN-10: 0241528135
ISBN-13: 9780241528136
Sales Rank: #1491891 (See Top 100 Books)

Get set to blast off into space and explore the wonders of our Solar System and beyond.

The ultimate space encyclopedia for children is designed to blow your mind with incredible CGI images, from the deep darkness of black holes to the spectacular sparkle of supernovas.

The many mysteries of the Universe are explored in breathtaking detail, including in-depth cross-sections and lifelike cutaways to showcase the planets, stars, moons, and space stations. Featuring absolutely everything under the Sun, this exciting visual reference guide is your guaranteed one-stop shop for space.

Filled with the latest facts, infographics, and NASA images, Space! takes you on a journey that is truly out of this world before bringing you back seriously starry-eyed!

CONTENTS
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
	The Sun’s family
	Around the Sun
	Birth of the Solar System
	The Sun
	Mercury
	Venus
	Earth
	Inside Earth
	The Moon
	Exploring the Moon
	Impact craters
	Eclipses
	Mars
	Valles Marineris
	Exploring Mars
	Red planet
	Asteroids
	Shooting stars and meteorites
	Jupiter
	Moons of Jupiter
	Io
	Saturn
	Saturn’s rings
	Ring world
	Moons of Saturn
	Titan
	Uranus
	Neptune
	Beyond Neptune
	Comets
STARS
	How stars work
	Types of star
	Star birth
	Exoplanets
	Hot Jupiters
	Lives and deaths of stars
	Butterfly Nebula
	Red supergiants
	Neutron stars
	Black holes
	Multiple stars
	Star cloud
GALAXIES
	The cosmos
	Milky Way
	Galaxies
	Active galaxies
	Colliding galaxies
	Galaxy clusters
	The Universe
	The big bang
EXPLORING SPACE
	Space exploration
	Discovering space
	Telescopes
	Space telescopes
	Rockets
	First person in space
	Space probes
	Rovers
	Crewed spacecraft
	Space shuttle
	Apollo programme
	Lunar lander
	Moon buggy
	Spacesuit
	Spacewalk
	Space stations
	Future exploration
	The search for life
THE NIGHT SKY
	The celestial sphere
	Practical stargazing
	Northern star hopping
	Southern star hopping
	Star maps
	Constellations
REFERENCE
	Solar System data
	Exploring the planets
	Stars and galaxies
Glossary
Index and acknowledgments