Outer space explained
By: Mike Flynn
Edition: First edition.
Series: The guide for curious minds
Publisher: Rosen Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781477781289
Subjects: Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-148) and index.

7-12.
Table of contents: title: Origins; title: The size of the universe; title: A brief history of the universe; title: Heliocentric universe; title: The expanding universe; title: Big bangs and steady states; title: Other universes; title: How it may end; title: Studying space; title: Optical telescopes; title: Electromagnetic spectrum; title: Measuring distances in space; title: Worlds beyond planets of other suns; title: Seti; title: The solar system; title: A solar system; title: Birth of a solar system; title: Orbits; title: Types of orbiting bodies; title: What are stars made of?; title: What are planets made of?; title: What are moons made of?; title: The sun; title: The moon; title: The surface of the moon; title: Eclipses; title: Comets; title: The planets of our solar system; title: How much would I weigh on...?; title: Stars and constellations; title: What is a star?; title: Life cycle of a star; title: Element factories; title: Distances to the stars; title: The constellations; title: Star magnitudes; title: Star companions; title: Nebulae; title: Death of a star; title: Going supernova; title: The stuff of the universe; title: What is the universe made of?; title: Antimatter; title: The forces of nature; title: The search for dark matter; title: Looking at galaxies; title: What is a galaxy?; title: The Milky Way; title: Our intergalactic neighbors; title: Types of galaxies; title: When galaxies collide; title: Space exploration; title: How rockets work; title: Von Braun and the V2; title: Korolyov and the Soviets; title: Timeline of rocketry and space exploration; title: The space race; title: Vostok; title: Mercury; title: Project gemini; title: The Apollo Program; title: Space stations; title: The space shuttle; title: Satellites; title: Probes.