How do astronomers study planets, stars and galaxies? What are rovers and where have they landed? How do different telescopes work? What is a nebula? Beginner readers can find out the answers in this book, along with lots more fascinating facts. Amazing photographs and illustrations are combined with simple, easy-to-read text and a glossary explaining all the specialist terms used. Find out more about astronomy and stargazing online via Usborne Quicklinks, where you can find out what to see and when, as well as see the latest images captured by telescopes and rovers.
Chapters in this book include:
- Studying the sky
- What's in space?
- A place in space
- Watching space
- Telescopes in space
- Looking at galaxies
- The Milky Way
- Studying stars
- The Sun
- Probing planets
- Exploring the surface
- The Moon
- Space lumps
- Stargazing
This is Book 44 in the Beginners Series. See all Beginners books here.
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Emily Bone is a published author of children's books. She has published Cowboy Things to Make and Do and 50 Secret Codes.
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