Provides information about the planet Earth, covering its size, orbit, appearance, atmosphere, moon, surface water, and more; and includes facts about space missions, global climate change, planetary evolution, and other related topics.
Provides information about the relationship between the Sun and Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and their vast region of asteroids and comets. Explores theories about the formation and evolution of these planets and discusses how they interact with the inner and outer solar system. Includes color illustrations and photos, tables, graphs, a glossary, and an index.
A textbook providing facts and information on the Sun, Mercury, and Venus. Covers topics such as the atmosphere and weather; the composition of Mercury, the Sun, and Venus; craters on Mercury and Venus; the formation of the Sun and the planets; magnetic fields; and the Sun's effect on the planets.
Examines what recent space missions to Mars have revealed about the origins and evolution of the planet. Presents information on Mars' gravity, climate, interior, surface, and moons. Includes over sixty-six photographs and illustrations.
Discusses information on Jupiter and Saturn. Details the planets' ring systems, weather patterns, compositions, gravity, interiors, and magnetic fields. Features chapters on space missions, the discovery of the speed of light, and the destructive potential of comet and asteroid collision.
Describes the interiors, surfaces, rings, and moons of Uranus and Neptune; the discovery of Pluto and the Kuiper belt; what is known about Pluto's interior and surface; and also discusses Charon and the Oort cloud.
Provides information about neighboring planets Jupiter and Saturn, discussing their compositions, ring systems and moons, surface conditions, gravity, temperatures, and other topics, and examining the role of space missions in furthering understanding of the solar system.
Explores the relationship between the Sun and the smaller celestial bodies including asteroids, meteorites, and comets, and examines their role in the solar system.
Describes the composition and structure of the sun, the sun's effects on the planets, and the orbital physics, cores, surfaces, and atmospheres of Mercury and Venus.
