Title:
Professor Astro Cat's frontiers of space / written by Dr. Dominic Walliman & Ben Newman ; illustrated by Ben Newman.
ISBN:
9781838749873
Personal Author:
Edition:
Revised edition.
Publication Information:
London : Flying Eye Books, an imprint of Nobrow Ltd., [2022]
©2013
Physical Description:
76 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The universe -- The birth of a star -- Galaxies -- The sun -- The solar system -- Earth -- The moon -- Early space travel -- Off to the moon -- Moon facts -- Space fashion -- Modern rockets -- International Space Station -- Living in space -- Satellites -- Mercury -- Mars -- Robots on Mars -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Neptune -- Constellations -- Telescopes -- Space junk -- The death of stars -- Black holes -- What lies in a deep space -- The end of the universe -- Life in the unknown -- Future of space -- Factoroids -- Glossary.
Summary:
"What is it like to live in space? Is there life on other planets? What exactly is a black hole? Join Professor Astro Cat and the gang as they travel across space to find out everything there is to know about our galaxy, the solar system and the universe. From asteroids to alien life and rockets to rovers, there's so much to discover in the frontiers of space"--Adapted from information provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1297840115
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