Space : a visual encyclopedia /
Smithsonian Institution, DK Publishing, Inc.
- Fully revised and updated new edition
- 254 pages : colour photographs, colour maps ; 28 cm
First American edition published in 2010. Includes index.
Introduction -- Observing the universe -- The violent universe -- Lift-off! -- Humans in space -- Solar system -- Earth -- The moon -- The sun -- Stars and stargazing.
Provides highly visual coverage of subjects ranging from the solar system and dark matter to black holes and the Apollo moon landings.