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1) Universe
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Children will find out about the universe, our solar system, observations of the starry skies, and the mind-blowing wonders of outer space. From the birth of stars to the mysteries of black holes, the Universe has been constantly studied to understand how it works. Learn about icy planets and explosive stars, far-off galaxies that powerful telescopes looking deep into space have captured, observatories and astronomy, and whole new worlds discovered...
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
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...
5) The stars
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
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
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
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...
9) Our universe
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
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,...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive visual guide to exploring all the marvels of the stars, the Milky Way, and the universe beyond. Chart the wonders of the cosmos in our own solar system and beyond with The Stars. Packed with 3-D artworks of each constellation and incredible new imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope, ground-based observatories worldwide, and more, this awe-inspiring guide features the most fascinating objects known to astronomy, from glittering star-birth...
11) How space works
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
How the Universe works - and how we explore it - explained in simple words and clever graphics. The clearest, most visual guide to space and the Universe for complete beginners to astronomy. Have you ever asked yourself how big the Universe is, how far it is to the nearest star, or what came before the Big Bang? Then this is the book for you. How Space Works shows you the different types of object in the Universe (so you'll know your pulsars from...
Publisher
DK/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"¿Qué forma tiene el universo? ¿Hay algo que pueda escapar de un agujero negro? ¿Sabías que el róver Perseverance tardó siete meses en llegar a Marte? A partir de los últimos descubrimientos de las misiones espaciales y de los nuevos telescopios, este libro te cuenta todo lo que debes saber, desde las ondas gravitacionales hasta los vacíos cósmicos. Con unos gráficos muy claros y muchísimos datos que te sorprenderán, Cómo funciona el...