1001 facts about space

Stott, Carole (Author). Twist, Clint (Added Author).

Summary: A collection of many facts about outer space.

Item details

ISBN: 0789484501
ISBN: 9780789484505
ISBN: 9780613751445 (Topeka bdg.)
ISBN: 0613751442 (Topeka bdg.)
Physical Description: print
192 p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2002.

Contents / Notes

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Universe: What is the universe? -- Scale of the universe -- Life story of the universe -- Galaxies: What is a galaxy? -- Clusters and superclusters -- Milky Way -- Local Arm -- Stars: What is a star? -- Star birth -- Life cycle of a star -- Death of massive stars -- Stellar classification -- Brightness -- Space from earth: Above our heads -- Special effects -- Constellations -- Cataloging stars -- Zodiac -- Near or far? -- Northern sky -- Southern sky -- Solar system: What is the solar system? -- Solar gravity -- Sun -- Solar energy and influence -- Planets: Mercury -- Venus -- Earth -- Earth's moon -- Mars -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Uranus -- Neptune -- Pluto -- Small objects: Comets -- Meteors -- Asteroids -- Studying space: Information from space -- Optical telescopes -- Radio astronomy -- Images of space -- Observatories -- Telescopes in space -- Rockets -- Flybys -- Landers -- Working in space -- Space history: Milestones in astronomy -- Space missions I -- Space missions II -- Space facts: Formation of the universe -- Measuring the universe -- Galaxies -- Stars -- Stellar worlds -- Solar systems -- Planets and moons -- Minor members of the solar system -- Sights in the sky -- Life in the universe -- Traveling into space -- Space probes -- Telescopes in orbit -- Earth-based observations -- Humans in space -- Space stations.