Space a Visual Encyclopedia (Visual Encyclopedia), New Edition

Contents
INTRODUCTION
OBSERVING THE UNIVERSE
	What is space?
	Our place in space
	A circle of stars
	Early ideas
	Telescopes
	Giant telescopes
	Seeing light
	Infrared astronomy
	Messages from the stars
	Invisible rays
	Hubble Space Telescope
	Witches and giants
	Observatories in space
	Unusual observatories
THE VIOLENT UNIVERSE
	What is the Universe?
	Birth of the Universe
	100 billion galaxies
	Galaxy formation
	A sombrero in space
	The Milky Way
	The Magellanic Clouds
	The Local Group
	The heart of the Milky Way
	When galaxies collide…
	Active galaxies
	Dark matter
LIFT-OFF!
	How rockets work
	3, 2, 1…
	The space shuttle
	Launch centres
	Launching Ariane 5
	Artificial satellites
	Satellites in orbit
	Satellite shot
	Space probes
	Space debris
	Space nations
	Super spacecraft
HUMANS IN SPACE
	Space pioneers
	Becoming an astronaut
	Space walking
	Living in space
	Animals in space
	Extending the house
	The first space stations
	The International Space Station
	Science in space
	Space tourism
	Future flyers
	Reaching for the stars
SOLAR SYSTEM
	Birth of the solar system
	The Sun’s family
	Mercury
	Venus
	Views of Venus
	Mars
	Mars missions
	Martian sand art
	Asteroids
	Jupiter
	Jupiter’s moons
	Voyager 1 & 2
	Saturn
	Saturn’s moons
	Saturn by sunlight
	Uranus
	Neptune
	Pluto and beyond
	Comets
	Comet missions
	Meteors
	Meteorites
	Life on other worlds
EARTH
	The unique Earth
	The perfect planet
	Earth’s seasons
	On the surface
	Up in the air
	Life on Earth
THE MOON
	Earth’s companion
	Eclipses
	The lunar surface
	Destination Moon
	Man on the Moon
	Splashdown!
	Return to the Moon
THE SUN
	The Sun
	Inside the Sun
	The Sun’s atmosphere
	Solar storms
	Amazing aurora
	The solar cycle
	Observing the Sun
STARS AND STARGAZING
	What are stars?
	Birth of a star
	A flash of brilliance
	The death of a star
	Interstellar space
	Multiple stars
	Globular clusters
	Other solar systems
	Extreme stars
	Black holes
	Be a skygazer
	The night sky
	The northern sky
	The southern sky
Space in time
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments