You'll never guess how many stars there are in the universe, who the first astronauts were, or why sunsets are blue on Mars! Discover the answers to these and all sorts of weird and wonderful facts about what lies beyond Planet Earth, as you take this exciting journey into outer space.
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1 The Sun is a star

2 If aliens sent us a postcard...

3 Numbering the stars

4 How stars glow

5 Not all astronauts were HUMAN...

6 How rain falls on other planets

7 There's a snowman in space

8 Dirty snowballs with long tails

9 Snowball fireworks

10 A story of looking and learning

11 When is a planet not a planet?

12 Going up!

13 It's oh so quiet up here...

14 Everyday life in outer space

15 How to use a space toilet

16 From another star system far, far away...

17 Don't take a spaceship to Jupiter

18 The planets that are mushy on the inside

19 Baby stars make baby planets...

20 ...and baby stars eat baby planets

21 Who did it first?

22 What a MESS!

23 Swerve!

24 How many people does it take to land on the Moon?

25 Keeping space germ-free

26 The universe awards

27 The Sun's light is a wavy rainbow

28 Sunsets on Mars

29 There's a travel network in our solar system...

30 Planet hunters

31 Ocean worlds

32 The secret behind a moon's wobble

33 Robot space adventurers

34 How to garden on the Moon

35 Measuring the universe

36 Light-distant chatting

37 Moon trees

38 Colds are even worse in space

39 Set sail for the stars!

40 Our galaxy is bubbly

41 Telescope time machine

42 When a star stops shining...

43 When a star becomes a hole...

44 Space words

45 Index

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A collection of amazing random access facts exploring the marvels of outer space.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781474997263
Publisert
2022-10-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Vekt
400 gr
Høyde
257 mm
Bredde
192 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
J, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Biographical note

Laura studied literature twice at university, so she's read a lot of books (always helpful when writing them). Before joining Usborne, she taught English in Barcelona, Dublin and Cambridge. She now lives in East London, where she regrets the lack of sun and sea.