The Big Book of Space

Contents

 * 1) The Introduction
 * 2) The Sun
 * 3) Sunspots
 * 4) Sunlight
 * 5) Explosions
 * 6) Mercury
 * 7) Craters
 * 8) Silent Volcanoes
 * 9) Temperature
 * 10) View From Earth
 * 11) Venus
 * 12) Plains
 * 13) Temperature
 * 14) View From Earth
 * 15) Volcanoes
 * 16) Earth
 * 17) Oceans
 * 18) Mountains
 * 19) Craters
 * 20) Earthquakes
 * 21) Volcanoes
 * 22) Life
 * 23) Atmosphere
 * 24) Moon
 * 25) The Moon
 * 26) Craters
 * 27) Mountains
 * 28) Solar Eclipse
 * 29) Partial Solar Eclipse
 * 30) Lunar Eclipse
 * 31) View from Earth
 * 32) Mars
 * 33) Dust Devils
 * 34) Craters
 * 35) Canyons
 * 36) Volcanoes
 * 37) View from Earth
 * 38) Phobos
 * 39) Deimos
 * 40) Asteroid
 * 41) Asteroid Belt
 * 42) Ceres
 * 43) White Spots
 * 44) 2 Pallas
 * 45) 3 Juno
 * 46) 4 Vesta
 * 47) 5 Astraea
 * 48) 6 Hebe
 * 49) 7 Iris
 * 50) 8 Flora
 * 51) 9 Metis
 * 52) 10 Hygiea
 * 53) 87 Sylvia
 * 54) Asteroid Moons
 * 55) Romulus
 * 56) Remus
 * 57) 243 Ida
 * 58) Dactyl
 * 59) 951 Gaspra
 * 60) Jupiter
 * 61) Storms
 * 62) Great Red Spot
 * 63) View from Earth
 * 64) Rings of Jupiter
 * 65) Core
 * Io
 * 1) Volcanoes
 * 2) Europa
 * 3) Oceans
 * 4) Ganymede
 * 5) Callisto
 * 6) Craters
 * 7) Amalthea
 * 8) Himalia
 * 9) Elara
 * 10) Pasiphae
 * 11) Sinope
 * 12) Lysithea
 * 13) Carme
 * 14) Anake
 * 15) Leda
 * 16) Themisto
 * 17) Metis
 * 18) Adrastea
 * 19) Thebe
 * 20) Jupiter's Other Moons
 * 21) Saturn
 * 22) Great White Spot
 * 23) Dragon Storm
 * 24) North Pole Storms
 * 25) Rings of Saturn
 * 26) Titan
 * 27) Lakes
 * 28) Atmosphere
 * 29) Iapetus
 * 30) Craters
 * 31) Rhea
 * 32) Tethys
 * 33) Dione
 * 34) Mimas
 * 35) Craters
 * 36) Enceladus
 * 37) Oceans
 * 38) Hyperion
 * 39) Day Length
 * 40) Phoebe
 * 41) Janus
 * 42) Epimetheus
 * 43) Atlas
 * 44) Prometheus
 * 45) Pandora
 * 46) Telesto
 * 47) Calypso
 * 48) Helene
 * 49) Pan
 * 50) Kiviuq
 * 51) Saturn's Other Moons
 * 52) Uranus
 * 53) Rings of Uranus
 * 54) Titania
 * 55) Canyons
 * 56) Oberon
 * 57) Canyons
 * 58) Ariel
 * 59) Umbriel
 * 60) Miranda
 * 61) Puck
 * 62) Cordelia
 * 63) Ophelia
 * 64) Bianca
 * 65) Cressida
 * 66) Desdemona
 * 67) Juilet
 * 68) Portia
 * 69) Rosalind
 * 70) Belinda
 * 71) Uranus's Other Moons
 * 72) Neptune
 * 73) Rings of Neptune
 * 74) Great Dark Spot
 * 75) Triton
 * 76) Nereid
 * 77) Larissa
 * 78) Naiad
 * 79) Thalassa
 * 80) Despina
 * 81) Galatea
 * 82) Halimede
 * 83) Sao
 * 84) Neptune's Other Moons
 * 85) Kuiper Belt
 * 86) Pluto
 * 87) Atmosphere
 * 88) Orbit
 * 89) Charon
 * 90) Nix
 * 91) Hydra
 * 92) Kerberos
 * 93) Styx
 * 94) Haumea
 * 95) Shape
 * 96) Hi'iaka
 * 97) Namaka
 * 98) Makemake
 * 99) Brightness
 * 100) S/2015 (136472) 1
 * 101) Eris
 * 102) Orbit
 * 103) Dysnomia
 * 104) Oort Cloud
 * 105) Comets
 * 106) Halley's Comet
 * 107) Comet McNaught
 * 108) Comet Hale-Bopp
 * 109) Other Comets
 * 110) Instellar Asteroid
 * 111) Stars
 * 112) Proxima Centauri
 * 113) Exoplanets
 * 114) Proxima Centauri B
 * 115) Alpha Centauri A
 * 116) Binary Stars
 * 117) Alpha Centauri B
 * 118) Alpha Centauri Bb
 * 119) Barnard's Star
 * 120) Sirius A
 * 121) Sirius B
 * 122) Procyon
 * 123) Vega
 * 124) Arcturus
 * 125) Capella
 * 126) Aldebaran
 * 127) Achernar
 * 128) Bellatrix
 * 129) Canopus
 * 130) Antares
 * 131) Betelgeuse
 * 132) Rigel
 * 133) Star System
 * 134) VY Canis Majoris
 * 135) Other Exoplanets
 * 136) Other Stars
 * 137) Constellation
 * 138) Orion
 * 139) Leo
 * 140) Andromeda
 * 141) Other Constellations
 * 142) Nebulas
 * 143) Orion Nebula
 * 144) Crab Nebula
 * 145) Eagle Nebula
 * 146) Supernova
 * 147) Galaxy
 * 148) Milky Way Galaxy
 * 149) Andromeda Galaxy
 * 150) Triangulum Galaxy
 * 151) Bode's Galaxy
 * 152) Pinwheel Galaxy
 * 153) Other Galaxies
 * 154) Observable Universe
 * 155) Brown Dwarfs
 * 156) Black Holes
 * 157) The Universe
 * 158) The Past of the Universe
 * 159) The Big Bang
 * 160) Big Bang Theory
 * 161) Star Formation
 * 162) The Future of the Universe
 * 163) Red Giant Sun
 * 164) Ending Star Formation
 * 165) Black Hole Era
 * 166) The New Big Bang
 * 167) The End ... For Now

Book
The Introduction

A bubble named the Observable Universe is in our universe, 84 billion light years in just diameter. Galaxies either appear alone, or in groups. One of the galaxy groups is called the “Local Group”, which contains 30 galaxies. One of the galaxies is the Milky Way Galaxy, home to 100 billion stars. Stars may appear alone, too. One of the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy is the Sun. The Sun and most other stars in the Milky Way Galaxy have been found to have planetary systems. The Sun’s planetary system is called the “Solar System”. In the Solar System, one of the planets is the Earth, smack in the center of the Observable Universe bubble. Where do we exactly live in the universe? Let’s read and find out…

The Sun

The Sun is only one of dozens or even hundreds of trillions of stars that appear in the Observable Universe. The Sun is our star. Our home is located in the “Habitable/Goldilock’s Zone” where life can exist in comfortable temperatures, neither too hot nor too cold. The Sun is the brightest natural light in the sky. It was born in the Orion Nebula (Nebula means a birthplace of stars, sort of like a “star hospital”) about 4.6 billion years ago. It is quite young and small compared to the other stars in the universe. The temperature is about 5,800 Kelvin. And then, 15 million degrees Celsius / 27 million degrees Fahrenheit at the core.

Sunspots

Sunspots are huge areas that appear on the Sun. They are much cooler. They are still much hotter than you might possibly think. Reaching still up to 3,800 Kelvin.

Sunlight

What is the actual age of sunlight? Most people say eight minutes old, that’s not true. Sunlight is 30,000 years old that is striking us right now. Many particles make the sunlight in a zig-zag puzzle from the Core to the surface. If these particles haven’t blocked they would give up within 2 seconds.

Explosions

Mercury

Mercury is the most cratered world ever in the imagination.

Venus

Venus is the closest planet to Earth and just almost about the same size, but are they similar?

Earth

Earth is the only known celestial body in the entire universe to harbor life.

Mars

Mars is known for a red sparkle lit in the night sky. It beats all the terrestrial features.

Jupiter

Jupiter beats the storm lifespan of any storms on any body.

Saturn

Saturn, known for its brightest rings of all gas giants, is the coldest gas giant.

Uranus

Uranus is the bigger ice giant, and from telescopes it looks very still.

Neptune

Neptune's winds are greater than Earth's. They are greater than any gas giants too.