Presents over three hundred-fifty photographs and drawings of some of the great observatories of the world including those in Hawaii and New Mexico, and examines the history and location of each facility, plans for future observatories, and the technology involved in their development.
Presents a full-color condensed guide to the stars, and describes fifteen constellations visible during the summer, the history and characteristic of each, location in the northern or southern sky, and much more.
Photographs and text profile the first forty years of space exploration, profiling the four hundred men and women who have traveled into space and highlighting the key discoveries and developments.
Presents an exploration of the solar system based on photographs and information from space missions, locating the Milky Way in the universe, and looking at the sun, planets, large satellites, and asteroids and comets.
A photographic exploration of the universe, featuring over two hundred images taken by the Hubble, and other large telescopes, and including discussion of the great theories of the structure of the cosmos, as well as advances in the field.
