Discover a variety of celestial objects, explains everything from balck holes to the Milky Way, and learn what happened in the Big Bang.

Includes index.

How do we fit in?8 -- How the Universe works 10 -- In the beginning 12 -- Fate of the Universe 14 -- Exploring the Universe 16 -- Our corner of the Universe 18 -- Our local star 20 -- Earth's Moon 22 -- Comparing the planets 24 -- Mercury and Venus 26 -- Home planet 28 -- Mars, the Red Planet 30 -- Jupiter, king of the planets 32 -- Saturn, the ringed wonder 34 -- New worlds 36 -- Asteroids, meteors, and meteorites 38 -- Icy wanderers 40 -- Distant suns 42 -- Variety of stars 44 -- Clusters and nebulae 46 -- Star birth 48 -- Star death 50 -- Pulsars and black holes 52 -- Milky Way 54 -- Neighbors 56 -- Galaxies galore 58 -- Quasars and other active galaxies 60 -- A Universe of life 62.