Young readers interested in learning about the universe will find answers to many of their questions in the pages of this informative space science book. Full-color photographs, drawings, and diagrams accompany the text on each double-page spread.

Topics include What is the Universe?, the Birth of Stars, Single Stars, Binary Stars and Planets, The Birth of Planets, The Death of Stars, The Milky Way, Other Galaxies, Clusters and Superclusters, The Expanding Universe, The Cold Universe, The Age of the Universe, The Infant Universe, and The Future. A Fact File provides an overview of The Solar System, The Milky Way, The Local Group, The Age of Planets, and The History of Cosmology.

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The target audience for this book, part of the Exploring the Universe series, is the young reader, ages eight through ten, grades three and four. Designed to provide an overview of a topic, each double-page entry focuses on one segment of information related to the universe. The narrative is age/grade appropriate and provides information on astronomy and the universe supported visually.

Highly recommended, especially for young readers interested in space exploration and learning about the universe. ( )