Notes

48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) Projects. Quizzes. Fun facts. Cartoons Table of contents includes: What is astronomy? -- Families of stars -- Our place in space -- Planets large and small -- Starry skies -- Mapping the stars -- Keeping time -- Wandering stars -- First telescopes -- Discoveries with telescopes -- How telescopes work -- Telescopes today -- Observatories -- Splitting light --Space telescopes -- Radio telescopes -- Watching the Sun -- The edge of the Universe -- Up close -- Astronomy from home -- In the future.