Space mysteries

"We've come so far in space exploration in just the past 10 years. Young readers know that NASA sends spacecrafts to space regularly. They may even hear in the news about the incredible photographs and information they send back. But do they know how they work once they're released into space? This book makes STEAM studies exciting for even the most reluctant reader by framing science curriculum topics within the awesome field of astronomy, and by using easy-to-understand language and bold graphics"--Provided by the publisher.

Explains what conditions humans need to live and whether those conditions can be found or recreated on other planets.

For many years, it was accepted as fact that our solar system had nine planets. However, one important meeting of astronomers in 2006 reduced that number to eight. They decided that Pluto was not a planet, a declaration that outraged some people. Readers will learn more about distant Pluto, such as how it was accidentally discovered.

Explains what solar and lunar eclipses are and reveals how and when they occur.

Discusses the origin of the sun, its importance for many life processes, and how long we can expect the sun to last.

Reveals how stars are formed and identifies different types of stars.

Explores Pluto, how it was accidentally discovered, facts about it, and the decision that removed it as a planet in our solar system.

This book is an introduction to the importance of spacesuits, describing why travel in outer space requires spacesuits; distinguishing between the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacesuits; the use of the space shuttle for orbiting Earth; and the EMUs which are special spacesuits for the ISS.

This book is an introduction to black holes, describing black holes so massive nothing can escape their gravitational forces, supernovas, supermassive black holes at centers of galaxies, accretion disk, and singularity, the center of a black hole.