One Million Things: Space

2010·39.2 MB·English

by  Carole Stott

Contents 4 Page: 4
Universe 6 Page: 7
Big Bang 8 Page: 8
Today’s universe 10 Page: 10
Deep space 12 Page: 12
Scale of the universe 14 Page: 14
Galaxies 16 Page: 16
Colliding galaxies 18 Page: 18
Active galaxies 20 Page: 20
The Milky Way 22 Page: 22
Galactic neighbors 24 Page: 24
Stars 26 Page: 27
Star quality 28 Page: 28
The Sun 30 Page: 30
Gas and dust 32 Page: 32
Living together 34 Page: 34
Star life 36 Page: 36
Explosive end 38 Page: 38
Exoplanets 40 Page: 40
Constellations 42 Page: 42
The solar system 44 Page: 45
The Sun’s family 46 Page: 46
Rocky planets 48 Page: 48
Impact! 50 Page: 50
Volcanoes 52 Page: 52
Water 54 Page: 54
Moon 56 Page: 56
Eclipses 58 Page: 58
Asteroids 60 Page: 60
Giant planets 62 Page: 62
Stormy weather 64 Page: 64
Rings 66 Page: 66
Beyond Neptune 68 Page: 68
Moons 70 Page: 70
Comets 72 Page: 72
Meteorites 74 Page: 74
Exploration 76 Page: 77
Information from space 78 Page: 78
Astronomers 80 Page: 80
Telescopes 82 Page: 82
Observatory 84 Page: 84
Rockets 86 Page: 86
Satellites 88 Page: 88
Space telescopes 90 Page: 90
Robotic explorers 92 Page: 92
Rovers on Mars 94 Page: 94
Search for life 96 Page: 96
Future explorers 98 Page: 98
Space travelers 100 Page: 101
Astronauts 102 Page: 102
Weightlessness 104 Page: 104
Man on the Moon 106 Page: 106
Spacesuit 108 Page: 108
International Space Station 110 Page: 110
Mission control 112 Page: 112
A day in space 114 Page: 114
Spacewalk 116 Page: 116
Space tourist 118 Page: 118
Space transport 120 Page: 120
Future journeys 122 Page: 122
Glossary 124 Page: 124
Index 126 Page: 126
Acknowledgments 128 Page: 128