Everything You Need to Know About Space

Is the Sun a planet or a star? How long is a day on Venus? Can a planet be made of gas? How big is the Milky Way? Everything You Need To Know About Space answers these questions and many more. It includes: photographs diagrams explaining patterns and structures in the universe informative and fun text activities to test your knowledge a glossary to explain words an index a list of other books and websites where you can learn more. With a deep interest in astronomy since the age of 9, Steve Massey is an accomplished astronomer with 7 published books A co-author on a science paper on the planet Mercury, he has written numerous published astronomy articles and has been a contributing writer and photographer in related magazines and other book titles across Australia and internationally including the Astronomy Encyclopedia.