Presents a guide to the solar system, featuring photographs, illustrations, and descriptions of the solar system as a whole, the sun, each of the nine planets, comets, asteroids, and meteorites, and includes a glossary and references.
Important new scientific data was collected on the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto by the telescopes aboard the Voyager spacecrafts. For the first time, scientists were able to collect information by studying the giant planets at close range.
Examines the nature of outer space, our solar system, and our universe, including descriptions of the sun, moon, and planets, as well as black holes, comets, and stars.
