An introduction to the planet Jupiter that provides information on its location in the solar system, size, orbit, temperature, atmosphere, surface, rings, and moons, and discusses how it is studied by astronomers.
Describes four animal heroes: Ginny, a dog who helps cats; Scarlett, a cat who rescued her kittens from fire; Lulu, a pig who found help for her ill owner; and Dorado, a guide dog who led his owner out of the collapsing World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Introduces the activities of humans in space, including the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, Shannon Lucid's work on the Russian space station Mir, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Voyager missions to Jupiter and Saturn.
Explores seven wonders of the sun and other stars, including solar storms and eclipses, nebulas, supergiants, supernovas, neutron stars, and black holes.
