Galaxies
Subtitle: immense star islands
By: David Jefferis.
Series: Exploring our solar system
Publisher: Crabtree Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780778737407; 9780778737230
Subjects: Galaxies -- Juvenile literature; Milky Way -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is a galaxy?; title: Where did galaxies come from?; title: Looking at the Milky Way; title: How big is the Milky Way galaxy?; title: Where are the Milky Way's stars formed?; title: What kinds of nebula are in our galaxy?; title: What lies in the core of the Milky Way?; title: How big is the galactic halo?; title: Beyond the Milky Way; title: What is the local group?; title: Can galaxies collide?; title: What is an active galaxy?; title: How many galaxies are there?