outer space

Space can be weird. How do planets form? What are black holes? In this title, readers will explore the science behind how outer space works. This high-interest series is written at a low readability to aid struggling readers. Educational sidebars include a science activity, a spotlight biography, fast facts, and an unsolved mystery! A table of contents, glossary of keywords, index, and author biography are included.

Exploring space through haiku, this combination of poetic form and luminous artwork is accompanied by narrative explanations of wonders that are out of this world.

This title simply summarizes this history of NASA, from its beginnings to its accomplishments, to what it plans for the future. Amazing historical photographs from NASA's archives complete this book. This title is at a Level 3 and is written specifically for transitional readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

"This book examines the famous space missions that NASA is known for, like Apollo 11, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Mars rovers"--OCLC.

Without its light and warmth, we wouldn't even be on Earth. The sun is a powerful source of life.

Learn all about the huge balls of gas that dot our night sky and give us light during the day.

"Anthology of essays exploring attempts to understand life beyond Earth"--Provided by publisher.

"Read about the New Horizons spacecraft and its mission to gather more information about the distant dwarf planet, Pluto"--Provided by publisher.

"Read about the tools that make space exploration possible--from the first telescope used by Galileo, to SpaceX rockets, and the International Space Station"--Back cover.

"How do we know if there is water on Mars? We send probes to look around! Readers learn how scientists use space probes to study planets in our solar system . . . and beyond"--Provided by publisher.