The Big Book of Space

## Contents

1. The Introduction
2. The Sun
3. Sunspots
4. Sunlight
5. Explosions
6. Mercury
7. Craters
8. Silent Volcanoes
9. Temperature
10. View From Earth
11. Venus
12. Plains
13. Temperature
14. View From Earth
15. Volcanoes
16. Earth
17. Oceans
18. Mountains
19. Craters
20. Earthquakes
21. Volcanoes
22. Life
23. Atmosphere
24. Moon
25. The Moon
26. Craters
27. Mountains
28. Solar Eclipse
29. Partial Solar Eclipse
30. Lunar Eclipse
31. View from Earth
32. Mars
33. Dust Devils
34. Craters
35. Canyons
36. Volcanoes
37. View from Earth
38. Phobos
39. Deimos
40. Asteroid
41. Asteroid Belt
42. Ceres
43. White Spots
44. 2 Pallas
45. 3 Juno
46. 4 Vesta
47. 5 Astraea
48. 6 Hebe
49. 7 Iris
50. 8 Flora
51. 9 Metis
52. 10 Hygiea
53. 87 Sylvia
54. Asteroid Moons
55. Romulus
56. Remus
57. 243 Ida
58. Dactyl
59. 951 Gaspra
60. Jupiter
61. Storms
62. Great Red Spot
63. View from Earth
64. Rings of Jupiter
65. Core
66. Io
67. Volcanoes
68. Europa
69. Oceans
70. Ganymede
71. Callisto
72. Craters
73. Amalthea
74. Himalia
75. Elara
76. Pasiphae
77. Sinope
78. Lysithea
79. Carme
80. Anake
81. Leda
82. Themisto
83. Metis
84. Adrastea
85. Thebe
86. Jupiter's Other Moons
87. Saturn
88. Great White Spot
89. Dragon Storm
90. North Pole Storms
91. Rings of Saturn
92. Titan
93. Lakes
94. Atmosphere
95. Iapetus
96. Craters
97. Rhea
98. Tethys
99. Dione
100. Mimas
101. Craters
102. Enceladus
103. Oceans
104. Hyperion
105. Day Length
106. Phoebe
107. Janus
108. Epimetheus
109. Atlas
110. Prometheus
111. Pandora
112. Telesto
113. Calypso
114. Helene
115. Pan
116. Kiviuq
117. Saturn's Other Moons
118. Uranus
119. Rings of Uranus
120. Titania
121. Canyons
122. Oberon
123. Canyons
124. Ariel
125. Umbriel
126. Miranda
127. Puck
128. Cordelia
129. Ophelia
130. Bianca
131. Cressida
132. Desdemona
133. Juilet
134. Portia
135. Rosalind
136. Belinda
137. Uranus's Other Moons
138. Neptune
139. Rings of Neptune
140. Great Dark Spot
141. Triton
142. Nereid
143. Larissa
144. Naiad
145. Thalassa
146. Despina
147. Galatea
148. Halimede
149. Sao
150. Neptune's Other Moons
151. Kuiper Belt
152. Pluto
153. Atmosphere
154. Orbit
155. Charon
156. Nix
157. Hydra
158. Kerberos
159. Styx
160. Haumea
161. Shape
162. Hi'iaka
163. Namaka
164. Makemake
165. Brightness
166. S/2015 (136472) 1
167. Eris
168. Orbit
169. Dysnomia
170. Oort Cloud
171. Comets
172. Halley's Comet
173. Comet McNaught
174. Comet Hale-Bopp
175. Other Comets
176. Instellar Asteroid
177. Stars
178. Proxima Centauri
179. Exoplanets
180. Proxima Centauri B
181. Alpha Centauri A
182. Binary Stars
183. Alpha Centauri B
184. Alpha Centauri Bb
185. Barnard's Star
186. Sirius A
187. Sirius B
188. Procyon
189. Vega
190. Arcturus
191. Capella
192. Aldebaran
193. Achernar
194. Bellatrix
195. Canopus
196. Antares
197. Betelgeuse
198. Rigel
199. Star System
200. VY Canis Majoris
201. Other Exoplanets
202. Other Stars
203. Constellation
204. Orion
205. Leo
206. Andromeda
207. Other Constellations
208. Nebulas
209. Orion Nebula
210. Crab Nebula
211. Eagle Nebula
212. Supernova
213. Galaxy
214. Milky Way Galaxy
215. Andromeda Galaxy
216. Triangulum Galaxy
217. Bode's Galaxy
218. Pinwheel Galaxy
219. Other Galaxies
220. Observable Universe
221. Brown Dwarfs
222. Black Holes
223. The Universe
224. The Past of the Universe
225. The Big Bang
226. Big Bang Theory
227. Star Formation
228. The Future of the Universe
229. Red Giant Sun
230. Ending Star Formation
231. Black Hole Era
232. The New Big Bang
233. The End ... For Now

## Book

The Introduction

A bubble named the Observable Universe is in our universe, 84 billion light years in just diameter. Galaxies either appear alone, or in groups. One of the galaxy groups is called the “Local Group”, which contains 30 galaxies. One of the galaxies is the Milky Way Galaxy, home to 100 billion stars. Stars may appear alone, too. One of the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy is the Sun. The Sun and most other stars in the Milky Way Galaxy have been found to have planetary systems. The Sun’s planetary system is called the “Solar System”. In the Solar System, one of the planets is the Earth, smack in the center of the Observable Universe bubble. Where do we exactly live in the universe? Let’s read and find out…

The Sun

The Sun is only one of dozens or even hundreds of trillions of stars that appear in the Observable Universe. The Sun is our star. Our home is located in the “Habitable/Goldilock’s Zone” where life can exist in comfortable temperatures, neither too hot nor too cold. The Sun is the brightest natural light in the sky. It was born in the Orion Nebula (Nebula means a birthplace of stars, sort of like a “star hospital”) about 4.6 billion years ago. It is quite young and small compared to the other stars in the universe. The temperature is about 5,800 Kelvin. And then, 15 million degrees Celsius / 27 million degrees Fahrenheit at the core.

Sunspots

Sunspots are huge areas that appear on the Sun. They are much cooler. They are still much hotter than you might possibly think. Reaching still up to 3,800 Kelvin.

Sunlight

What is the actual age of sunlight? Most people say eight minutes old, that’s not true. Sunlight is 30,000 years old that is striking us right now. Many particles make the sunlight in a zig-zag puzzle from the Core to the surface. If these particles haven’t blocked they would give up within 2 seconds.

Explosions

Mercury

Mercury is the most cratered world ever in the imagination.

Venus

Venus is the closest planet to Earth and just almost about the same size, but are they similar?

Earth

Earth is the only known celestial body in the entire universe to harbor life.

Mars

Mars is known for a red sparkle lit in the night sky. It beats all the terrestrial features.

Jupiter

Jupiter beats the storm lifespan of any storms on any body.

Saturn

Saturn, known for its brightest rings of all gas giants, is the coldest gas giant.

Uranus

Uranus is the bigger ice giant, and from telescopes it looks very still.

Neptune

Neptune's winds are greater than Earth's. They are greater than any gas giants too.