<span>Explore science as youβve never known it before with this children's encyclopedia perfect for budding scientists!</span><span><br><br>Forming part of a fantastic series of kid's educational books, this bold and brilliant kid's encyclopedia uses ground-breaking CGI imagery to reveal the world a
DK - Space! Knowledge Encyclopedia
β Scribed by DK Publishing
- Publisher
- DK Publishing
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 210
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
CONTENTS......Page 6
THE SOLAR SYSTEM......Page 8
The Sunβs family......Page 10
Around the Sun......Page 12
Birth of the Solar System......Page 14
The Sun......Page 16
Mercury......Page 18
Venus......Page 20
Earth......Page 22
Inside Earth......Page 24
The Moon......Page 26
Exploring the Moon......Page 28
Impact craters......Page 30
Eclipses......Page 32
Mars......Page 34
Valles Marineris......Page 36
Exploring Mars......Page 38
Red planet......Page 40
Asteroids......Page 42
Shooting stars and meteorites......Page 44
Jupiter......Page 46
Moons of Jupiter......Page 48
Io......Page 50
Saturn......Page 52
Saturnβs rings......Page 54
Ring world......Page 56
Moons of Saturn......Page 58
Titan......Page 60
Uranus......Page 62
Neptune......Page 64
Minor planets......Page 66
Comets......Page 68
STARS......Page 70
How stars work......Page 72
Types of star......Page 74
Star birth......Page 76
Exoplanets......Page 78
Hot Jupiters......Page 80
Lives and deaths of stars......Page 82
Butterfly Nebula......Page 84
Red supergiants......Page 86
Neutron stars......Page 88
Black holes......Page 90
Multiple stars......Page 92
Star cloud......Page 94
GALAXIES......Page 96
The cosmos......Page 98
Milky Way......Page 100
Galaxies......Page 102
Active galaxies......Page 104
Colliding galaxies......Page 106
Galaxy clusters......Page 108
The Universe......Page 110
The big bang......Page 112
EXPLORING SPACE......Page 114
Space exploration......Page 116
Discovering space......Page 118
Telescopes......Page 120
Space telescopes......Page 122
Rockets......Page 124
First person in space......Page 126
Space probes......Page 128
Rovers......Page 130
Manned spacecraft......Page 132
Space shuttle......Page 134
Apollo programme......Page 136
Lunar lander......Page 138
Moon buggy......Page 140
Spacesuit......Page 142
Spacewalk......Page 144
Space stations......Page 146
Future exploration......Page 148
The search for life......Page 150
THE NIGHT SKY......Page 152
The celestial sphere......Page 154
Practical stargazing......Page 156
Northern star hopping......Page 158
Southern star hopping......Page 160
Star maps......Page 162
Constellations......Page 164
REFERENCE......Page 196
Solar System data......Page 198
Exploring the planets......Page 200
Stars and galaxies......Page 202
Glossary......Page 204
Index and acknowledgments......Page 206
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