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Contents : introduction -- where are we -- our home planet -- watching the sky -- find the stars -- telescopes -- invisible rays from space -- the hubble space telescope -- the solar system -- the sun -- mercury and venus -- the earth -- the moon -- asteroids and meteoroids -- mars -- jupiter -- saturn -- uranus and neptune -- pluto and beyond -- comets -- deep space -- star profile -- the birth of stars -- the death of stars -- galaxies -- the big picture -- the big band -- space exploration -- people on the moon -- reusable spacecraft -- working in space -- living in space -- satellites at work -- probing space -- space stations -- time line -- glossary -- index.