Solar System: The Sun & Planets

On July 21, 1969, the first man set foot on The Moon. When Neil Armstrong was asked if this made him feel big, he answered: No, it made me feel rea...

In this time of uncertainty, millennials are asking the cosmos for answers. - The Guardian. These are indeed luna-tic times: people have, once...

Simone Marchi presents the emerging story of how cosmic collisions shaped both the solar system and our own planet, from the creation of the Moon ...

This book implements several outstanding features which are helpful to the general reader. It is organized in the form of a ''Questions and Answers...

Moons come, quite literally, in all shapes and sizes. Our Moon is just one of more than 200 moons in the Solar System that we've identified so far....

Marvel at the wonders of the Universe, from stars and planets to black holes and nebulae, in this exploration of our Solar System and beyond.Univer...

This is volume 3 of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems, a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research covering subjects of key interest t...

In the summer of 1878 three ruthless and brilliant scientists raced to Wyoming and Colorado to observe a total solar eclipse. One sought to discove...

With this newly revised 7th edition of Universe: Solar System, Stars, and Galaxies, International Edition Mike Seeds' and Dana Backman's goal is to...

Ever wondered how it all began? How it will all end? And while we're waiting, what's been going on in the meantime? From the Big Bang to the Big C...

Nearly all major planets and moons in our Solar System have been visited by spacecraft and the data they have returned has revealed the incredible ...

Planet formation studies uniquely benefit from three disciplines: astronomical observations of extrasolar planet-forming disks, analysis of materia...

Richly illustrated with full-color images, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the planets, their moons, and recent exoplanet d...

What is life and where can it exist? What searches are being made to identify conditions for life on other worlds? If extraterrestrial inhabited wo...

Saturn is the showcase of the Solar System. It may not be the largest of the planets, nor the smallest, nor even the only planet with rings. But it...