Author David Aguilar uses brilliant photo-realistic illustration and fascinating up-to-date facts straight from the latest astronomy news to bring you a comprehensive look at our solar system as you've never seen it before.

From way up high, our planet looks like a floating marble of blue, white, and green. But we know that it's so much more. Earth has giant oceans and tiny ponds, towering mountains and rolling hilltops, warm sunshine, fluffy snowflakes, stormy showers, and falling autumn leaves. There are other planets as well with many interesting characteristics.

Take a trip across Mars, find out what the weather is like on Jupiter, and visit the International Space Station. See how the planets move, learn about the asteroid belt, and read up on the history of astronomy. Discover once and for all why Pluto is a dwarf planet.

"An introduction to outer space"--

Describes the sun and each planet of the solar system and introduces concepts such as a day, a year, orbit, and rotation.

"Kids who enjoy looking up at space and dreaming of exploring the solar system will love this lively, fact-filled, illustrated tour of our galaxy, with engaging information on every page: Fascinating details about each of the planets, including up-to-date information such as NASA's Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter-accompanied by bright illustrations. Statistics about each planet, with information about the planet's size, distance from the...

In the darkness of space, a star shines brightly. This gigantic ball of burning gases is surrounded by planet s, moons, asteroids, and comets. Without this star, our home planet, Earth, would be a cold, dark, and lifeless world...Welcome to the sun!

Identifies the moon as our only natural satellite, describes its movement and phases, and discusses how we have observed and explored it over the years.