Pub Date: March 15, 2006
Dewey: 523.8875
LCCN: 2005035761
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 08 to 11
Physical Info: 0.13" H x 10.86" L x 8.28" W ( 0.38 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Science and Nature | Astronomy | Technology | Aeronautics Astronautics and Space Science
Series: Science Frontiers
Description: What is a black hole and what does its existence mean? The lastest research on these and other questions is explored inside this book. Easy-to-read text takes readers on a journey through space and explores its most mysterious occupants as well as other bizarre space objects. Up-to-date pictures and clear text introduce new technology and interesting facts about far-off space. Other topics explored include - how black holes suck matter from nearby stars - how some explorers believe black holes may be gateways for exploring the universe - magnetic fields of stars - the birth and death of stars - telescopes and space probes that search for black holes