Beyond the solar system
Subtitle: from red giants to black holes
By: Steve Parker
Series: The Earth and space; Earth and space
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780750249966
Subjects: Juvenile literature
Description: Each book in this series examines how we know what we know about the Earth and beyond and charts the history of these discoveries, and features up-to-date information gathered from the latest space missions, including stunning photographs of space phenomena.
Notes: Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Our planet in space; title: Pattern sin the stars; title: Our galaxy: The Milky Way; title: Galaxies beyond our own; title: Clusters of galaxies; title: Birthplace of the stars; title: What starlight tells us; title: Bright or Dim?; title: How far is a star?; title: Dwarves and giants; title: Star pairs and groups; title: Stars with planets; title: Super explosion; title: Black holes; title: The depths of space; title: The universe; title: The big bang; title: Is anyone out there?; title: How we observe beyond the solar system; title: The future; title: Timeline; title: Glossary; title: Further Information; title: Index.