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Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Suit up for an expedition into the mysteries of our amazing solar system and beyond The universe is huge. With more than 100 billion galaxies and billions of orbiting astronomical bodies, there's so much to learn. Rocket through the cosmos, and discover everything there is to know about our exciting and mysterious solar system! From the bright, burning sun to the icy Kuiper Belt, this easy reference guide is packed with fascinating facts about the...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Join Adi and Woops as they explore the tools used to study the distant stars and planets, from simple telescopes to complicated instruments that capture gamma rays from other galaxies. Our alien hosts help budding astronomers realize just how big the universe is and how much there is left to learn about space and everything in it!
3108) Weather and space
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Covers the climate change, floods, drought, storms of various types, the sun and stars, constellations, galaxies, the planets, the Moon, asteroids, meteors, comets, and space exploration.
3109) The black hole report
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
While researching black holes for Ack's homework report, the brothers get sucked into one and end up in a scary universe.
3111) Star chasers of Senegal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of astronomy in Senegal with Maram Kaire, a Senegalese astronomer and the leader of a team of scientists who recorded observations in Senegal to help NASA with a mission to navigate the Lucy spacecraft to the Trojan asteroids.
3114) Space
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Introduces space and space exploration, discussing the solar system, space ships, shuttles, space stations, and life in space.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"NASA has confirmed the existence of 5,000 exoplanets (planets that lie outside of our solar system), and that number is growing! Exoplanets, the first book of its kind for kids, is a visually packed guide to the exoplanets of our universe. You'll learn the four main types of exoplanets, techniques scientists use to discover them, the probability of finding life as we know it beyond Earth, plus detailed information about dozens of some of the most...
3116) Mirror in the sky
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tara, an Indian-American junior at Brierly prep school, feels her world dramatically change when a mirror planet to Earth is discovered and she, in this new era of scientific history, reconsiders her self and possible selves.
3117) Mars
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Simple facts about the Red Planet such as its orbit, atmosphere, and terrain, as well as the outcomes of explorations such as the Pathfinder Mission.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Kids will learn basic information about the field of astronomy and then be guided through a crater science project as an example. Readers will be prompted to use the scientific method and their own inspirations and interests to come up with other project ideas"--Publisher.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Scientists are on the verge of answering one of the greatest questions in history: Are we alone? Finding Life Beyond Earth immerses audiences in the sights and sounds of alien worlds, while top astrobiologists explain how these places are changing how we think about the potential for life in our solar system.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The black hole (2005, 90 min.): It's 2 a.m. in St. Louis when a routine scientific experiment goes horribly wrong, unleashing a destructive, alien force and triggering a massive black hole over the city. Mass chaos reigns as scientist Eric Bryce scrambles to find a way to obliterate the alien and the colossal black hole before mankind in annihilated.
Supernova (2006, 172 min.): An astrophysicist has made a cataclysmic discovery: the sun is set to...
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