Solar System: The Sun & Planets

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was successfully launched on June 18, 2009 and joined an international eet of satellites (Japans SELENE/Kagu...

This is just the resource you need to get middle schoolers ready for August 21, 2017the day when millions of North Americans will have the rare cha...

In The Earth as a Distant Planet, the authors become external observers of our solar system from a distance and try to determine how one can unders...

This book gives an account, as little biased as possible, on human space missions beyond low Earth orbit in general, and specifically to the planet...

Planetary atmospheres are complex and evolving entities, as mankind is rapidly coming to realise whilst attempting to understand, forecast and miti...

The book summarizes the results of the experimental studies of phase relations in the chemical systems relevant to Earth, carried out by the author...

The Mars Science Laboratory is the latest and most advanced NASA roving vehicle to explore the surface of Mars. The Curiosity rover has landed in G...

In September 2011, the GRAIL mission launched two unmanned spacecraft to the Moon, which entered into lunar orbit on December 31, 2011 and January ...

Fascinating, engaging and extremely visual,THE SOLAR SYSTEM, 10th Edition, is renowned for its current coverage, reader-friendly presentation and d...

Discover the mysteries of the Universe and journey to galaxies beyond our own in this fact-packed companion to space.From icy worlds and hot, fiery...

For millennia we have looked to the sun to provide us with light, food and warmth. Yet, in our attempts to increase the productivity of each hour, ...

Take an awe-inspiring and informative journey through the Solar System with this beautifully illustrated deck. Featuring the Sun and all of the maj...

In The Smallest Lights in the Universe, MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager interweaves the story of her search for meaning and solace afte...