From the publisher. In its 20 years of viewing the heavens NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has traveled 2.8 billion miles, made more than 930,000 observations and snapped over 570,000 images of 30,000 celestial objects. It has forever changed how we view the universe and our place in it. This third edition of Hubble picks up the journey where the last edition left off. It includes a fascinating discussion on how the latest discoveries are revising scientific...

Introduces the planet Mars, with information about its atmosphere, surface features, and exploration by NASA spacecraft.

Introduces the Sun, our star, its relationship to other strs, its solar system, and the effects it has on Earth.

Text and photographs present flying machines throughout history, including hot-air balloons, helicopters, and the space shuttle.

Describes the two largest planets in our solar system, including their formation, location, appearance, and moons.

Describes the planets of the solar system and more distant objects in space and discusses past and present ways we have gathered information about them.

Describes the formation, structure, and atmosphere of the earth and its moon, with up-to-date color photographs.

Describes the characteristics of the three most distant planets in the solar system--Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

Text and photographs depict various kinds of birds of prey in their natural surroundings.