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English
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On any clear night, the night sky offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects, visible to the naked eye: stars, constellations, bright planets, the moon, human-made satellites, and sometimes even meteor showers or the International Space Station. With gorgeous high-definition imagery and a wealth of charts, graphs, and infographics, readers will find here what is visible in the night sky at various times of the year and from what locations...
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Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In a mind-bogglingly vast universe, our solar system feels like a comparatively cozy home, perched out on one of the outer arms of the spiral Milky Way galaxy. Formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant molecular cloud, it is comprised of eight terrestrial and gaseous planets, several hundred dwarf planets, nearly five hundred moons, and other small bodies such as asteroid belts, comets, and dust clouds. Chock full of...
3) Our universe
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Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Your readers will take a thrilling and mind-boggling voyage of discovery throughout the universe with this information-packed and gorgeously illustrated volume. And when we say "the universe," we mean all of space and time and all that is contained within them, including planets, moons, stars, galaxies, matter, and energy. So this is a grand tour indeed, encompassing the birth of the universe with the Big Bang, hypotheses on its eventual demise, and...
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Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Early humans turned what they could see above them into rich creation myths. Later philosophers created cosmologies that pushed myth closer toward empiricism. The flat disc universe yielded to celestial spheres, and the stationary Earth at the center of it all yielded to a spinning planet in a heliocentric solar system that was one of only untold hundreds of billions of solar systems in hundreds of billions of galaxies. This expansion of the cosmos...
5) The stars
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Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Luminous spheres of plasma held together by their own gravity, each star is born out of the collapse of gaseous nebula and develops a core that radiates astounding amounts of energy, the result of thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium, through its interior and across outer space. Ever-expanding, the star throws off mass, which helps form new stars, while the core begins to collapse, becoming a white dwarf, a neutron star, or even a black hole....
6) Space travel
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Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
From the shocking launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik and the subsequent acceleration of the American space program to the first manned space flights, the moon landings, and the Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs, the history of space travel is full of fascinating stories, technological marvels, hair-raising and death-defying feats of courage, and an inspiring spirit of both adventure and discovery. This is all brought into...
7) Rockets
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Series
Publisher
Pogo
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind rockets. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--
8) Mars rovers
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Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"A new set of True Books on Space Exploration"--
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Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This title explores new discoveries, technological achievements, and scientific breakthroughs in the exploration of deep space. Reader-friendly text, engaging photos, and up-to-date information help readers explore black holes, exoplanets, and deep-space navigation."--
12) Space stations
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Series
Publisher
Pogo
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind space stations. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--
13) Rovers
Author
Series
Publisher
Pogo
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind planetary rovers. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--
14) Spacecraft
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Series
Publisher
Pogo
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind spacecraft. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--
15) Voyage to Pluto
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Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Humans have made astonishing progress understanding space. The Space Exploration series takes readers on a journey through some of scientists most exciting discoveries and achievements. Learn how people continue to explore our solar system and beyond. Space Exploration is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slideshows, activities,...
Author
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Humans have made astonishing progress understanding space. The Space Exploration series takes readers on a journey through some of scientists most exciting discoveries and achievements. Learn how people continue to explore our solar system and beyond"--
Author
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Humans have made astonishing progress understanding space. The Space Exploration series takes readers on a journey through some of scientists most exciting discoveries and achievements. Learn how people continue to explore our solar system and beyond. Space Exploration is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slideshows, activities,...
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Series
Publisher
BrightPoint Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Describes robotics in space, including robots used to explore the universe and other worlds, robots used to help build and repair facilities in space such as the International Space Station, and the possibilities of humanoid robots in space"--
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