Describes comets, asteroids, and meteoroids, and how they impact Earth. Includes activity.

This title will cover how comets came to be, what they are made of, where most of them are found, and why we can sometimes see them as beautiful bright streaks in the sky! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

An introduction to the celestial phenomena of asteroids, meteoroids and meteorites, and comets.

Let's meet the voyagers of the solar system! This informative book is full of kid-friendly facts about the icy comets and space rocks that circle our Sun. Young readers will learn about an asteroid the size of Texas, space probes built to land on comets, and how a shooting star isn't really a star at all. Real photos taken from space and easy-to-understand diagrams support learning, while charming illustrations add plenty of fun. Back matter provides...

From earliest times, humans have wondered about the sky above them and have studied all visible objects. People began to identify differences between stars and planets, and as technology advanced with telescopes and space probes, they sought deeper understanding of the millions of bits of debris rocketing through the solar system. Scientists determined that most of these objects are left over from the creation of the planets and their moons. They...

Offers an introduction to asteroids, comets, and meteoroids that looks at what each of them are, how people have observed them, and how scientists monitor them today.

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

We think of space as being empty, but that isn t quite true. In addition to stars, planets, and moons, there are asteroids and comets. Asteroids are rocks that orbit the sun. Comets are chunks of ice and dust that form on the edges of the solar system. Th Detailed Table of Contents, Diagrams, Full-Color Photographs, Further Information Section, Glossary, Index, Websites.

Simple text and "out-of-this-world" photography introduce readers to the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, and its mission to study Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Important details include Rosetta's planning and construction, its launch, its orbit around the comet, the fateful crash of its Philae lander, and the science discoveries of the orbiter. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A & D Xtreme is an imprint...

"Oumuamua is a space rock that formed around another star. Of the 10,000 space objects that have hurled past our Sun, this rock provides some proof that there are planets similar to Earth outside our solar system. This intriguing book reveals to young space explorers the secrets contained in the rocks that fly around in space."--