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Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing's Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In this visually spectacular tour of the outer reaches of our solar system, readers discover many intriguing facts. For example, the outer planets are separated from the inner planets by the asteroid belt. And, in addition to discovering Jupiter's moons, Galileo, in the early 17th century, observed the phases of Venus and made careful studies of sunspots. Readers also learn why humans could never live on one of the gas planets. The physical and chemical...
3) Seveneves
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A catastrophic event renders the Earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain ... Five thousand years later,...
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A unique pictorial history of astronomical exploration from the earliest prehistoric observatories to the latest satellite images. It illustrates how the development of photography and cartography - the means of documenting other worlds - is linked indelibly to the charting of the heavens, from the first image on a glass plate to the Hubble Space Telescope."
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Launched in 1977, NASA's epic Voyager missions revolutionized our understanding of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and their spectacular moons and rings. In 2012, Voyager One left our solar system and ushered humanity into the interstellar age. Bonus Film: Second Genesis explores the scientific quest to find life, or evidence of it, beyond Earth.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The story of the men and women who drove the Voyager spacecraft mission- told by a scientist who was there from the beginning. The Voyager spacecraft are our farthest-flung emissaries-11.3 billion miles away from the crew who built and still operate them, decades since their launch. Voyager 1 left the solar system in 2012; its sister craft, Voyager 2, will do so in 2015. The fantastic journey began in 1977, before the first episode of Cosmos aired....
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"After following Commander Michael Burnham into a wormhole, the U.S.S. Discovery lands in an unrecognizable world 1,000 years in the future. With Starfleet and the Federation on the brink of collapse due to a catastrophic event known as The Burn, the Discovery crew, with the help of new and mysterious allies Book and Adira, must uncover what caused The Burn and restore hope to the galaxy."--container.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Follow a spacecraft the size of a piano, named New Horizons, on the first ever spacecraft mission to Pluto, the space entity formerly known as a planet, in the latest addition to the epic and authoritative Scientists in the Field series."--
10) Space
Author
Series
Publisher
BookLife
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Journey into space and learn about the different parts of the solar system with this explorative title. Focused on image-led, fun, and factual information, readers will be captivated from start to finish."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing's Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"We will never be able to visit the distant stars that twinkle overhead each night, but scientists are still learning more each day about the furthest reaches of the universe. This informative, colorful book will introduce students to the life and death of stars, the structure of galaxies, dark matter, and other fascinating areas of exploration beyond the solar system"--
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