Contents

Contents : foreword -- the sun and its family -- the earth and its air -- the sun and moon in the sky -- looking at the sun and moon -- how the sun moves -- spots on the sun -- how the sun shines -- hide and seek -- how the moon moves -- the face of the moon -- on the moon -- going to the moon -- the planets -- looking at the planets -- how the planets move -- going to the planets -- the hot planets -- the red planet -- the biggest planet -- the planet with the rings -- very cold planets -- comets -- how comets move -- the tails of comets -- Halley’s Comet -- shooting-stars -- what makes a shooting-star -- showers of shooting-stars -- stones from space -- looking at the stars -- what the stars are like -- how the stars seem to move -- the two bears in the sky -- the hunter and his dog -- the colours of the stars -- how stars are born -- how stars die -- the milky way -- other galaxies -- getting to know the stars -- other earths -- planet facts -- index.