Describes the origins, characteristics, and future of the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.

Learning about Planet Pink, Pinkalicious imagines what would happen if an alien Pinktonian paid her a visit.

"Earth is one of eight planets that orbit the Sun. Each planet is unique. Explore the Planets reveals the amazing details of the planets in our solar system. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--

"The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life."--Amazon.com.

The astronomer who inadvertently triggered the "demotion" of Pluto in his effort to officially recognize the solar system's tenth planet describes the ensuing debates and public outcry while revealing the behind-the-scenes story of his discovery.

In this complex and profoundly imagined novella, exiles from Earth's atomic armageddon have journeyed to Venus. There, under the oceans, they have created competing civilizations called Keeps. Brian Scott, a Free Companion militiaman finds he must choose between loyalty and love in Kuttner's rigorous and visionary narrative published in 1943. --Provided by publisher.

"Presents information about icy dwarf planets, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study them"--Provided by publisher.

"Running. Putting distance between himself and the relentless Night Brigade has been Nomads strategy for years. Staying one or two steps ahead of his pursuers by skipping through the Cosmere from one world to the next. But now, his powers too depleted to escape, Nomad finds himself trapped on Canticle, a planet that will kill anyone who doesnt keep moving. Fleeing the fires of a sunrise that melts the very stones, he is instantly caught up in the...

"Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain, The Years of Rice and Salt and 2312. In 2008, he was named a "Hero of the Environment" by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California"-- "It is twenty-five years...

When the residents of a far-distant planet send a message to Earth asking for someone to meet with them, the President of the United States asks Stanley Lambchop, an all-American boy, to be his ambassador.