Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive -- and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though,...

Since The Planets was first published in 1993, space exploration has resulted in many new discoveries. There has been the 2004 Mars Exploration Rover Mission, the discovery of at least forty-seven additional moons orbiting Jupiter, the discovery that the rings around Saturn are made of ice only, and more. The movements, locations, and characteristics of the nine known planets in our solar system.

"Finalist for the 2011 Lane Anderson Award, Fitzhenry Family Foundation" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011" "One of Library Journal's Best Sci-Tech Books for 2011" Ray Jayawardhana is professor and Canada Research Chair in Observational Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, as well as an award-winning science writer. An insider's look at the cutting-edge science of today's planet hunters In Strange New Worlds, renowned...

Explores the sun, the star of our solar system as well as exploring atmospheric activity in our solar system which surrounds the planets, creating a wide variety of weather.

Provides information on planets, including how many there are, what the properties of a planet are, and where else planets exist.

"If you could go anywhere beyond our galaxy for the perfect picnic, where would you go? Asa Stahl, an NSTA award-winner for his previous book The Big Bang Book, introduces readers to some of the fascinating exoplanets we know about it. This is science at its most fantastical. What other worlds are out there, and will the young person reading this book grow up to discover even more?"--

"In New York Times bestseller Extraterrestrial, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, presented a theory that shook the scientific community: our solar system, Loeb claimed, had been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star. This provocative and persuasive argument opened thousands of minds to the vast possibilities of our universe and the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. But a crucial question remained:...

For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will another legend rise to take his place? Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile, has returned to the Core. Determined to bring peace back to mankind...