Cite DK Encyclopedia: Space SPACEWHERE DOES SPACE BEGIN? WHERE IS EARTH IN SPACE? HOW MUCH SPACE IS THERE? WHAT IS A LIGHT-YEAR? WHAT CAN WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK INTO SPACE? JOURNEY INTO SPACEFIND OUT MOREASTRONOMYWHEN DID PEOPLE FIRST STUDY THE SKY? WHAT DO ASTRONOMERS STUDY TODAY? TELESCOPESFIND OUT MOREOBSERVATORIESWHY ARE MOST OBSERVATORIES ON TOP OF MOUNTAINS? HOW DO RADIO TELESCOPES WORK? ARRAYSFIND OUT MORECONSTELLATIONSHOW DID CONSTELLATIONS GET THEIR NAMES? ARE THE STARS IN CONSTELLATIONS REALLY GROUPED TOGETHER IN SPACE? CAN EVERYONE SEE ALL OF THE CONSTELLATIONS? FIND OUT MORESOLAR SYSTEMWHAT ARE THE MAIN BODIES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM? HOW DID THE SOLAR SYSTEM FORM? PLANETSFIND OUT MORESUNWHAT IS THE SUN MADE OF? WHAT IS THE SURFACE OF THE SUN LIKE? SOLAR ECLIPSESFIND OUT MOREEarthWHAT IS EARTH MADE OF? WHAT MAKES EARTH DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER PLANETS? AxisFIND OUT MOREMoonWHAT IS THE MOON MADE OF? HOW DOES THE MOON AFFECT EARTH? PhasesFIND OUT MOREMERCURYWHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE ON MERCURY? WHAT IS MERCURY’S SURFACE LIKE? FIND OUT MOREVENUSWHY CAN’T WE SEE VENUS’S SURFACE? HOW HOT IS VENUS? FIND OUT MOREJUPITERWHAT ARE THE GALILEAN MOONS? FIND OUT MOREMARSWHY IS MARS CALLED THE RED PLANET? WHAT IS MARS’S SURFACE LIKE? FIND OUT MORESATURNWHAT ARE SATURN’S RINGS? WHAT IS TITAN LIKE? FIND OUT MOREURANUSWHO DISCOVERED URANUS? WHAT ARE URANUS’S MOONS LIKE? FIND OUT MORENEPTUNEWHAT IS NEPTUNE MADE OF? TRITONFIND OUT MOREPLUTOIS PLUTO REALLY A PLANET? WHAT IS THE KUIPER BELT? FIND OUT MORECOMETSWHERE DO COMETS COME FROM? HOW OFTEN HAS HALLEY’S COMET BEEN SEEN? FIND OUT MOREEXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFEHOW CAN LIFE EXIST ON OTHER PLANETS? SETIFIND OUT MOREASTEROIDSWHAT ARE ASTEROIDS MADE OF? WHAT IS THE ASTEROID BELT? FIND OUT MOREMETEORSWHAT IS A METEOR SHOWER? METEORITESFIND OUT MORESTARSARE ALL THE STARS THE SAME? HOW DO STARS PRODUCE THEIR ENERGY? DO OTHER STARS HAVE PLANETS AROUND THEM? HOW DO WE MEASURE A STAR’S BRIGHTNESS? HOW STARS LIVE AND DIENEBULASBLACK HOLESFIND OUT MOREUNIVERSEWHAT IS THE UNIVERSE MADE OF? HOW BIG IS THE UNIVERSE? BIG BANGDARK MATTERFIND OUT MOREGALAXIESHOW MANY DIFFERENT GALAXIES ARE THERE? WHAT ARE ACTIVE GALAXIES? MILKY WAYGALAXY CLUSTERSFIND OUT MOREROCKETSHOW DO ROCKETS WORK? PROPELLANTFIND OUT MORESATELLITESHOW DO SATELLITES STAY UP IN SPACE? SATELLITE ORBITSFIND OUT MOREINTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFTWHERE HAVE INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT BEEN? PROBESFIND OUT MORESPACE OBSERVATORIESWHY ARE OBSERVATORIES LAUNCHED INTO SPACE? HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPEFIND OUT MORESPACE TRAVELHOW DO HUMANS SURVIVE IN SPACE? HOW DOES SPACE TRAVEL AFFECT PEOPLE? WHAT IS THE FARTHEST ANYONE HAS TRAVELED IN SPACE? APOLLO PROJECTFIND OUT MOREASTRONAUTSWHAT KINDS OF TASKS DO ASTRONAUTS PERFORM? HOW DO ASTRONAUTS TRAIN FOR THEIR MISSIONS? EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITIESFIND OUT MORESPACE SHUTTLEHOW DOES THE SHUTTLE OPERATE? WHAT DOES THE SHUTTLE CARRY? ORBITERFIND OUT MORESPACE STATIONSWHAT ARE SPACE STATIONS USED FOR? HOW ARE SPACE STATIONS BUILT? INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONFIND OUT MORECopyright © 2007 Dorling Kindersley DK Space: Space ✖
SPACEWHERE DOES SPACE BEGIN? WHERE IS EARTH IN SPACE? HOW MUCH SPACE IS THERE? WHAT IS A LIGHT-YEAR? WHAT CAN WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK INTO SPACE? JOURNEY INTO SPACEFIND OUT MOREASTRONOMYWHEN DID PEOPLE FIRST STUDY THE SKY? WHAT DO ASTRONOMERS STUDY TODAY? TELESCOPESFIND OUT MOREOBSERVATORIESWHY ARE MOST OBSERVATORIES ON TOP OF MOUNTAINS? HOW DO RADIO TELESCOPES WORK? ARRAYSFIND OUT MORECONSTELLATIONSHOW DID CONSTELLATIONS GET THEIR NAMES? ARE THE STARS IN CONSTELLATIONS REALLY GROUPED TOGETHER IN SPACE? CAN EVERYONE SEE ALL OF THE CONSTELLATIONS? FIND OUT MORESOLAR SYSTEMWHAT ARE THE MAIN BODIES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM? HOW DID THE SOLAR SYSTEM FORM? PLANETSFIND OUT MORESUNWHAT IS THE SUN MADE OF? WHAT IS THE SURFACE OF THE SUN LIKE? SOLAR ECLIPSESFIND OUT MOREEarthWHAT IS EARTH MADE OF? WHAT MAKES EARTH DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER PLANETS? AxisFIND OUT MOREMoonWHAT IS THE MOON MADE OF? HOW DOES THE MOON AFFECT EARTH? PhasesFIND OUT MOREMERCURYWHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE ON MERCURY? WHAT IS MERCURY’S SURFACE LIKE? FIND OUT MOREVENUSWHY CAN’T WE SEE VENUS’S SURFACE? HOW HOT IS VENUS? FIND OUT MOREJUPITERWHAT ARE THE GALILEAN MOONS? FIND OUT MOREMARSWHY IS MARS CALLED THE RED PLANET? WHAT IS MARS’S SURFACE LIKE? FIND OUT MORESATURNWHAT ARE SATURN’S RINGS? WHAT IS TITAN LIKE? FIND OUT MOREURANUSWHO DISCOVERED URANUS? WHAT ARE URANUS’S MOONS LIKE? FIND OUT MORENEPTUNEWHAT IS NEPTUNE MADE OF? TRITONFIND OUT MOREPLUTOIS PLUTO REALLY A PLANET? WHAT IS THE KUIPER BELT? FIND OUT MORECOMETSWHERE DO COMETS COME FROM? HOW OFTEN HAS HALLEY’S COMET BEEN SEEN? FIND OUT MOREEXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFEHOW CAN LIFE EXIST ON OTHER PLANETS? SETIFIND OUT MOREASTEROIDSWHAT ARE ASTEROIDS MADE OF? WHAT IS THE ASTEROID BELT? FIND OUT MOREMETEORSWHAT IS A METEOR SHOWER? METEORITESFIND OUT MORESTARSARE ALL THE STARS THE SAME? HOW DO STARS PRODUCE THEIR ENERGY? DO OTHER STARS HAVE PLANETS AROUND THEM? HOW DO WE MEASURE A STAR’S BRIGHTNESS? HOW STARS LIVE AND DIENEBULASBLACK HOLESFIND OUT MOREUNIVERSEWHAT IS THE UNIVERSE MADE OF? HOW BIG IS THE UNIVERSE? BIG BANGDARK MATTERFIND OUT MOREGALAXIESHOW MANY DIFFERENT GALAXIES ARE THERE? WHAT ARE ACTIVE GALAXIES? MILKY WAYGALAXY CLUSTERSFIND OUT MOREROCKETSHOW DO ROCKETS WORK? PROPELLANTFIND OUT MORESATELLITESHOW DO SATELLITES STAY UP IN SPACE? SATELLITE ORBITSFIND OUT MOREINTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFTWHERE HAVE INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT BEEN? PROBESFIND OUT MORESPACE OBSERVATORIESWHY ARE OBSERVATORIES LAUNCHED INTO SPACE? HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPEFIND OUT MORESPACE TRAVELHOW DO HUMANS SURVIVE IN SPACE? HOW DOES SPACE TRAVEL AFFECT PEOPLE? WHAT IS THE FARTHEST ANYONE HAS TRAVELED IN SPACE? APOLLO PROJECTFIND OUT MOREASTRONAUTSWHAT KINDS OF TASKS DO ASTRONAUTS PERFORM? HOW DO ASTRONAUTS TRAIN FOR THEIR MISSIONS? EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITIESFIND OUT MORESPACE SHUTTLEHOW DOES THE SHUTTLE OPERATE? WHAT DOES THE SHUTTLE CARRY? ORBITERFIND OUT MORESPACE STATIONSWHAT ARE SPACE STATIONS USED FOR? HOW ARE SPACE STATIONS BUILT? INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONFIND OUT MORECopyright © 2007 Dorling Kindersley DK Space: Space
