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5) Space
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie present information about the universe, including our solar system, and briefly describe the history of space travel and of the science of astronomy.
7) Night sky
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Night Sky" helps readers identify particular constellations, recognize the difference between a star and a planet, and understand why the entire sky appears to spin. They will discover how stars are born and die, what nebulae are, and how comets and asteroids are formed. Includes star charts, space images, and graphics.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Author has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls).
9) Astronomy
Author
Language
English
Description
Looks at the history of astronomy, identifies important astronomers, and summarizes what is known about the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Do you wonder if humans are the only beings who wonder if they are alone in the universe? Our Sun is a star. In the night sky are all kinds of stars, and orbiting those stars are planets like the ones in our own solar system. Some of those planets are too big to be habitable. Or too small. Too hot or too cold. Planet Earth is not too big, not too small, not too hot, and not too cold. It's just right - our very own Goldilocks planet. But there are...
12) About space
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"This revised edition provides exciting new information and spectacular photographs of planets, moons, stars and galaxies ..."--Cover back.
16) Black holes
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Provides information about black holes, explaining how stars become black holes, looking at the types of black holes, and discussing what is inside a black hole and how scientists study them.
19) The space atlas
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
An overview of the planets, moons, and other bodies of the solar system, as well as distant stars, galaxies, and other celestial phenomena.
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