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Das Universum ist voll mit Sternen, Galaxien, Planeten und jeder Menge anderer cooler Dinge. Jedes davon hat seine Geschichten und die Sternengeschichten erzählen sie.Sternenstaub, Perseushaufen, Killersatelliten, Schwarze Löcher, Weiße Zwerge ... In über 600 Folgen hat der Physiker Florian Freistetter in einem der erfolgreichsten deutschsprachigen Podcasts die Phänomene des Alls in Sternengeschichten verwandelt und sie verständlich und spannend erklärt.

On their journeys, they’ll discover volcanic moons, mysterious dwarf planets, and much more! This volume includes The Asteroid Belt, The Dwarf Planets, and The Inner Planets.

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope team unveiled the first ever image of a super massive black hole. This inspiring scientific breakthrough took years of hard work, innovative thinking, and a level of global cooperation never seen before. A multinational team of scientists, lead by Dr. Shep Doeleman and Dr. Heino Falkem, used eight of the largest telescopes from around the world to collect more than four million billion bytes of data, which was flown to teams of computer scientists and mathematicians.

Would You Rather? Space Gamebook for Kids is an interactive gamebook jam-packed with more than 126+ challenging choices, funny jokes, silly scenarios, fascinating facts, and contains hours of hilarious family fun! Watch kids use their creative brainpower to answer questions that improve writing skills, reading comprehension, and verbal confidence. We even give them the ability to write their own would you rather questions!

Edwin Hubble’s discovery of the Big Bang is one of the most important in astronomy and physics. It taught us where the universe came from and how it might end. Students will learn how Hubble’s early, unprecedented photographs of pulsars served as one of the first clues along the path that led him to the discovery of the Big Bang. Listeners will also discover how Hubble’s discovery opened up new doors to information about the universe.

Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong's famous words as he first set foot on the moon: "one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." But America's journey to the moon was anything but simple. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite, into orbit; later that year, America's first attempt was such a failure that the media nicknamed it "Kaputnik." Still, we didn't give up. With each failure, we gleaned valuable information about what went wrong, and how to avoid it in the future. So we tried again. And again. And each time we failed, we failed a little bit better.

Hast du schon einmal in den Nachthimmel geschaut und dir vorgestellt, was da draußen sein könnte? Du bist nicht allein! Das fragen sich die Menschen seit Tausenden von Jahren. Dieses Buch erzählt dir alles über die wunderbaren Dinge, die über deinem Kopf herumschweben, und bringt dir bei, wie du einige der Planeten und besonderen Sterne von deinem Schlafzimmerfenster aus finden kannst.

Kick-start your future genius! Tinker Toddlers is a series designed to introduce first nonfiction emerging STEM concepts to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Look up at the night sky. What do you see? From the award-winning Tinker Toddlers series, Solar System for Kids is a great way to introduce the eight planets in our solar system and beyond. With interplanetary travel a real possibility for the next generation, this space book will launch your little astronomer on an amazing space adventure - with colors, shapes, sizes, and super-simple facts.

Este libro te contará todo sobre las grandes maravillas que flotan sobre tu cabeza y te enseñará a encontrar algunos planetas y estrellas especiales desde la ventana de tu habitación. En esta divertida y emocionante guía, descubrirás todo sobre los signos del zodiaco y cómo pueden hacerte valiente, cariñoso, divertido, creativo ¡y mucho más!

Have you ever looked into the night sky and wished that you could walk on the Moon? Find about what it is like from the astronauts that were first to do it! Learn about how Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins traveled into space and created history in 1969, and what it was like to take those famous first steps that made “one giant leap for mankind."

Did you hear? Pluto is not considered to be a planet anymore—but don’t worry, astronomists used scientific evidence to prove Pluto's demotion. Learn about the scientific method and how it allows scientists to reevaluate theories as new evidence emerges. What do you think Pluto should be classified as? Planet or Dwarf Planet?

Take a ride on a rover with NASA as they explore the planet Mars. Learn how NASA explores Mars for evidence of life especially the existence of water. Scientists believe that life depends on water. Is it possible that Mars had life and why is it so different from Earth? Discover the tools, equipment and methods scientists use to uncover rock, water, and fossils to test as evidence of life.

If scientists found a way to live on a different planet, would they tell people they could live there and make it a new Earth?

Let your inner astronaut explore outer space with this interactive trivia book from Jeopardy! champ and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings. With this book about space you’ll become an expert and wow your friends and teachers with out-of-this-world facts: Did you know that Mars has a volcano bigger than the state of Arizona? Or that there’s a star with a diamond the size of our moon at its core? With cool trivia, and fun quizzes to test your knowledge, this guide will have you on your way to whiz-kid status in no time!

This bundle encompasses really interesting facts about space and the planets in the galaxy that will not only blow your mind but also provide some great knowledge. The books were designed to be straightforward and easy to consume, with some context around each fact and explanations that make some hard to believe facts understandable and most of all fun!

En esta novela los lectores acompañarán a Eric, el padre de Annie, que está trabajando en el Centro Europeo de Investigaciones Nucleares, a Suiza. Allí se encuentra el gran colisionador de partículas, capaz de explorar los primeros instantes del universo: el Big Bang.

Was wäre, wenn es gleichzeitig echte Geschichten entdecken könnte, die so unglaublich sind, dass sie sich wie ein Film anfühlen und dabei Werte lernt, die ein Leben lang bleiben?

Entrando nel crepuscolo della propria vita, un astrofisico di fama mondiale si pone una domanda: cosa vorrei che sapessero i miei nipoti dell'Universo in cui continueranno ad abitare quando io non ci sarò più? Nasce così questo dialogo immaginario tra un vecchio e un bambino che in una notte, seduti su comode sdraio, osservano il cielo. Attendendo le stelle cadenti, l'anziano scienziato risponde agli interrogativi sempre più incalzanti del giovane: di che materia sono fatte le stelle? Come si alimenta il sole? Cosa significa che l'Universo è in espansione? Siamo soli nell'Universo?

From writer Stacy McAnulty, Our Solar System! A Stellar Neighborhood is a light-hearted nonfiction audiobook about the members of our solar system from the eyes of Comet, who's been traveling through the Solar System for eons. Our Solar System! A Stellar Neighborhood features sound design and...

Did you know you can explore space and visit the stars from right here on planet Earth? Follow along with Max and Kate as they visit a science museum and learn about the night sky.