"Computer-generated illustrations reveal the wonders of the universe, from the big bang and black holes to space travel."--Back cover.

Examines the stars, planets, and smaller objects in the universe and discusses space exploration, unidentified flying objects, and our future in space.

Gives instructions for building or making theodolites, sundials, telescopes, spectroscopes, planetariums, and models of stars, and describes methods and times for observing the sun, moon, planets, stars, comets, and meteors.

An interesting explanation of a spacecraft, its parts, and how they function. Describes the pre-flight, launching, flight, and landing. Includes a chronological list of flights.

"Explores space facts, including facts about galaxies, black holes, planets, and more."--

Join NOVA on a mind-bending hunt for a monster lurking at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers are closing in on one of the most destructive objects in the universe - a supermassive black hole - and it's hiding right in the center of our own galaxy. Eventually, it will blast jets of radiation millions of miles into space, incinerating everything in its neighborhood, including planet Earth. For a long time, black holes were dismissed as pure...