Firefly Guide to Space: A Photographic Journey Through the Universe

Here is the latest information about planets, moons, galaxies and the universe, drawn together in thrilling images and accompanied by Peter Bond's lively commentary, all on large-format colorful, fact-filled pages. Using photographs and scientific imagery, the Firefly Guide to Space reveals the most spectacular sights in the universe, from planet Earth to the farthest galaxies. Take a journey through the solar system and look into deep space through the Hubble space telescope and the eyes of NASA's robotic space probes. Find out what causes supernovas and shooting stars, how astronauts live in zero gravity, and why the sun will ultimately destroy our planet. Stunning Hubble photographs illuminate objects four billion times fainter than the limits of human vision - the birth of new stars in distant nebulas and galaxies so far away that we see them as they were at the beginning of the universe. The Firefly Guide to Space covers every planet in our solar system, and more: - stargazing - eclipses - the man on the Moon - exploring Mars - Jupiter's moons - comets and asteroids - the birth and death of stars - the Milky Way - galaxies - the universe - rockets and the Space Shuttle - living in space and space stations - satellites - extra-terrestrial life. Plus a comprehensive Space Data section offers facts, figures and dates, and websites for further exploration.