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One Million Things: Space
By Carole Stott
DK Publishing | June 2010 | PDF | ISBN10: 0756662893 | 128 pages | 39.2 mb
Amazon Link : http://www.amazon.com/One-Million-Things-Carole-Stott/dp/B005FOIDIM/

There are millions of stars in the sky and millions of things to learn about the universe, and One Million Things: Space serves up imagery and information about all things cosmic: from planets, moons, and comets, to black holes, nebulae, distant solar systems, and more

CONTENTS
Universe 6
Big Bang 8
Today’s universe 10
Deep space 12
Scale of the universe 14
Galaxies 16
Colliding galaxies 18
Active galaxies 20
The Milky Way 22
Galactic neighbors 24
Stars 26
Star quality 28
The Sun 30
Gas and dust 32
Living together 34
Star life 36
Explosive end 38
Exoplanets 40
Constellations 42
olar system 44
The Sun’s family 46
Rocky planets 48
Impact! 50
Volcanoes 52
Water 54
Moon 56
Eclipses 58
Asteroids 60
Giant planets 62
Stormy weather 64
Rings 66
Beyond Neptune 68
Moons 70
Comets 72
Meteorites 74
Exploration 76
Information from space 78
Astronomers 80
Telescopes 82
Observatory 84
Rockets 86
Satellites 88
Space telescopes 90
Robotic explorers 92
Rovers on Mars 94
Search for life 96
Future explorers 98
Space travelers 100
Astronauts 102
Weightlessness 104
Man on the Moon 106
Spacesuit 108
International Space
Station 110
Mission control 112
A day in space 114
Spacewalk 116
Space tourist 118
Space transport 120
Future journeys 122
Glossary 124
Index 126
Acknowledgments 128