CONTENTS 4 5 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 23 23 24 Secrets of the Sky What Is a Star Starry Sky Constellations Mapping the Night Astronomers The Telescope Super Scopes The Sky Is Falling Astronomy Now Try It Out Become a Stargazer Stargazing Quiz Glossary
SECRETS SECRETS Look up at night What’s out there Explore the oldest It is the study of the objects in space That includes stars METEOR A small rock that hits Earth’s atmosphere It burns up creating a bright streak 4
SECRETS SKY SECRETS SKY of the oldest science astronomy stars meteors and planets STARS On a clear night your eyes can see thousands of stars PLANET A large object in space that orbits a star
