Aguilar, David A

"Explores seven extraordinary celestial wonders, from our close neighbor Mars to mysterious Planet 9."--.

"A[n] ... exploration of seven cosmic catastrophes that could hit Earth and any of the other 20 billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy."--Provided by publisher.

A tour of outer space explores the solar system as well as stars, galaxies, and the birth of planets, and speculates on whether other intelligent beings exist in the universe --.

Text and illustrations describe what life on other planets might look like and how scientists find new world where life could exist.

The latest research on the stars, including the "biggest booms," "alien block parties," and "great balls of fire.".

Combines text, illustrations, and photographs to provide a comprehensive guide to the planets, stars, and galaxies; discussing dwarf planets, developments in exploration, what it is like to live in space, the future of space travel, and other related topics, and includes star charts, moon maps, fact boxes, and diagrams.

Text and photographs look at the solar system, the stars and beyond.

Profiles each of the planets in Earth's solar system, including Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea, MakeMake, the sun, the Oort cloud, comets, and more.

Text and illustrations offer facts about stars, discussing what they are, how they form and die, the effect they have on human life, and other related topics.