Exploring our universe

Offers an introduction to the universe that looks at its characteristics, its origin, what it is made of, how it may end, how people have studied it, and some of the clues scientists have used to form their theories about it.

Offers an introduction to galaxies that looks at what they are, the forms they take, how they are born, how they have been studied, our Milky Way galaxy, and the clusters that they form.

Climb Aboard! Explore planets and how they are formed! Meet key astronomers! Examine the history of mapping the stars! Investigate red giants, black and white dwarfs, neutron stars, supernovas, and black holes! See an infographic showing our solar system's statistics! Did You Know? facts and a Guidebook of the brightest stars complete your journey. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint...

Offers an introduction to stars that looks at what they are, how they are born, how they die, how people have studied them, and how scientists measure their distance from Earth.