Table of Contents

1. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
2. Where Are We?
3. How Did It All Begin?
4. The Solar System
5. Planetary Orbits
6. The Sun
7. Mercury
8. Venus
9. The Earth
10. Mars
11. The Asteroid Belt
12. Jupiter
13. Saturn
14. Uranus
15. Neptune
16. Dwarf Planets
17. Beyond the Edge

Promotional Information

A large format, beautifully designed book that takes readers on an incredible journey into space

About the Author

Aina Bestard is a designer and illustrator. She is the author of several other children's books, including What's Hidden in the Woods?, What's Hidden in the Sea?, What's Hidden in the Body?, Amazing Animal Babies and How Life on Earth Began. Antonio Hales is a Scientist at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and Manager of the Array Performace Group at the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA). He works in astrophysics, and in the art-science interplay through music, sound and literature. His research in astrophysics focuses on the question of the origins of planets. ALMA (the Atacama Large millimetre/submillimetre Array, is the largest astronomical project in the world.

Reviews

'Beautifully designed … You almost feel as if you’re looking through a telescope. A fantastic book for exploring space' - Juno

'Timeless … It really is a comprehensive and extraordinary compendium' - @bookishwaytoplay