Facts from space! : from super-secret spacecraft to volcanoes in outer space, extraterrestrial facts to blow your mind!

**A guided tour through the universe--and beyond!** From the sun's super-hot core to the many moons of Neptune, we're traveling to the far reaches of our solar system and beyond! Astronomer Dean Regas presents __Facts from Space!__ --an exciting education on everything outside our atmosphere. Inside, you'll discover space facts and celestial trivia, including: * A day on Venus is longer than its year. * Early space missions ejected human waste into space, where it froze into intricate crystals that still float in space today. * After being in space, some astronauts returned to Earth up to 2 inches taller than when they left. * The stars in the Big Dipper are shifting among themselves and will look like a "Big Spatula" by the year 75,000. * And more! Packed with fascinating information, it's a stellar read for sci-fi fans and at-home astronomers alike! Orbiting the Earth : tales of humans (and non-humans) in space Fly me to the moon : facts about our nearest neighbor Inside and outside the sun : all about our star attraction Hot worlds : Mercury and Venus If you were a Martian : a travel guide to the Red Planet The gas giant planets : Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune Pluto and other small stuff : weird, wild worlds Sailing among the stars : the interesting lives and dramatic deaths of stars Deep space : highlights and strange sights in the Milky Way Deep thoughts about space : astronomy's wow-factor A guided tour through the universe and beyond! From the sun's super-hot core to the many moons of Neptune, we're traveling to the far reaches of our solar system and beyond! Did you ever want to experience the microgravity of space?