Out of this World: All the Cool Things You Wanted to Know About Space

By Clive Gifford

Are you baffled by the Big Bang? Curious about what it’s like to walk on the moon? Wondering if someday you might meet an alien? Dreaming of becoming an astronaut? This fun, comprehensive book is bursting with all the cool things you ever wanted to know about space. In Out of Space you will discover . . .

·        The Earth, the Moon, and in Between—From the birth of our planet and its fascinating blueprint to its amazing atmosphere and our nearest neighbor, the moon!

·        Earth's Neighborhood—From the eight planets in our solar system and the characteristics that set them apart to the mystifying facts about comets and meteoroids.

·        Seething Stars and Giant Galaxies—From the life of the star and its various sizes and shapes to the 200 billion that make up the Milky Way.

·        Stargazing—From the accounts and theories of the ancient astronomers to today’s scientists and their search for the extraterrestrial.

·        Exploring Space—From the first-known rockets to today’s mighty spacecraft and the famous missions that advanced our exploration.

·        How It All Began . . . and Might End—From scientists’ theories about the dawn of time to the fierce debate about how, when—and if—the universe may end someday.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Readers Digest
• Release date: Sep 27, 2012
• ISBN: 9781606525722

Clive Gifford

Clive Gifford is an award-winning author of books for children and adults who has had over 170 books published, including the astonishing Dead or Alive, the creepy Book of Bad Things and the brain mangling Think Again and Eye Benders. He is passionate that books should entertain, inform and amaze whenever possible. His books Cool Technology and Think Again! both won the School Library Association's Information Book Award.