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Discover everything you need to know about space with this brilliant book! One hundred facts, fantastic illustrations and hilarious cartoons give you the inside story on the many wonders of the world, while fun quizzes test your knowledge. So what are you waiting for? Get reading!
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from strength to strength. Information is
supported by dramatic design and illustrated
with superb artwork and photographs. These
books celebrate their subjects and provide a
fun approach to learning.
encourage reading from
start to finish
activities and quizzes
every spread
quizzes throughout
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the air. Here on the Earths surface we are
surrounded by air. If you go upwards, up a
mountain or in an aircraft, the air grows thinner
until there is none at all. This is where space
begins. Space itself is mostly empty but there are
many exciting things out there such as planets,
stars and galaxies. People who travel in space are
called astronauts.
In space, astronauts wearspacesuits to go outside the
space shuttle as it circles the
Earth. Much farther away are
planets, stars and galaxies.
It does not look like other stars because
it is so much closer to us. Most stars
are so far away they look like
points of light in the sky. The
Sun is not solid like the Earth,
but is a giant ball of superhot
gases, so hot that they glow
like the flames of a bonfire.
without the Sun. Deep in its
centre the Sun is constantly making
energy which keeps its gases hot
and glowing. This energy works its
way to the surface where it escapes
as heat and light. Without it the
Earth would be cold and dark with
no life at all.
Sunspots appear on the surface, some
wider than the Earth. They look dark
because they are cooler than the rest of the
Sun. Solar flares, explosions of energy, suddenly
shoot out from the Sun. The Sun also throws huge
loops of gas called prominences out into space.
The Suns hot, glowing gas is always on the move, bubbling up tothe surface and sinking back down again.
is an eclipse. Every so often, the Sun, Moon
and Earth line up in space so that the Moon
comes directly between the Earth and the
Sun. This stops the sunlight from reaching
a small area on Earth. This area grows dark
and cold, as if night has come early.
When the Moon casts ashadow on the Earth, there
is an eclipse of the Sun.
When there is an eclipse,we can see the corona
(glowing gas) around the Sun.
BELIEVE IT!
nearly 60 times hotter than
boiling water. It is so hot it would
melt a spacecraft flying near it.
especially through a telescope or
binoculars. It is so bright it will
harm your eyes or even make
you blind.
eclipse
called the Solar System. This family is held together by an
invisible force called gravity, which pulls things towards
each other. It is the same force that pulls us down to the
ground and stops us from floating away. The Suns gravity
pulls on the planets and keeps them circling around it.
all circle the Sun at different distances from it. The four planets nearest
to the Sun are all balls of rock. The next four planets are much
bigger and are made of gas and liquid. The tiny dwarf planet
at the edge of the Solar System, Pluto, is a solid, icy ball.
travelling with them round the Sun.
Earth has one Moon. It circles the Earth
while the Earth circles round the Sun.
Pluto also has one moon. Mars has two
tiny moons but Mercury and Venus have
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