sun

"Learn about the temperature, atmosphere, and composition of the Sun, as well as how the Sun's burning gases make heat and light, causing Earth's weather and climate."--Back cover.

Simple text and photographs describe the importance of the sun to life on Earth.

Relates how the bragging sun and the quiet moon come to be friends and to respect and value their differences.

This book introduces the sun and the moon in the sky, including their movements and their characteristics.

The Death of the Sun explores man's intimate links with the sun and the stars, and our planet's precarious place in the delicate balance of Earth, Sun and Galaxy. In a vivid and frightening scenario of a solar storm, we witness the relative ease by which that balance-- and our existence-- may be challenged. An inconstant, doomed Sun is a grim prospect, but Dr. Gribbin points the only way out.

Describes the characteristics of the sun, including its origins, composition, and surface features, and its importance to life on Earth.