How does the Sun shine? What's at the centre of our galaxy? Why do comets leave long, glowing tails? Read about planets, moons and stars. This book explores out how they formed, how we study them and whether or not anything else out there is alive.

This book is part of the Science is Everywhere series, which demystifies the key science topics and shows how they relate to the world around us with fun, colourful graphics. These books are ideal for children aged 9 plus who are studying science, or for young readers who want to get to grips with science in a fun way.

This book is part of a book series called Science Is Everywhere .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Hachette Children's Group .

Rob Colson is an author and editor of a wide range of books for children and adults, including many natural history, maths and science titles. His previous titles as author include Ultimate Cars, Ultimate Machines (Wayland); Super Science (Franklin Watts); Bone Collection: Animals (Scholastic), and Puzzles, Conundrums and Enigmas (Parragon).

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: The Solar System
• 2: Marking time
• 1: Shifting ground
• 1: Rocky dwarfs and gas giants
• 1: Stormy planet
• 1: The Moon
• 1: Burning balls of gas
• 1: Occassional visitors
• 1: A universe of galaxies
• 1: An expanding universe
• 1: Peering into space
• 1: Are we alone
• 1: Quiz
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Index and answers