Where Is Our Solar System?

This engaging chapter book provides a comprehensive overview of our solar system, perfect for young astronomers. It traces the history of astronomy from ancient beliefs to the revolutionary discoveries of scientists like Copernicus and Galileo, explaining how our understanding of the cosmos evolved. The book also covers the various celestial bodies within our solar system and highlights NASA's ongoing space missions, inspiring readers to look up at the night sky with new curiosity.

"Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system. Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humans believed that Earth was at the center of the Universe, but all of that changed in the 17th century. Astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton proposed the unthinkable theory that Earth and the other planets actually revolved around the Sun. This engaging book chronicles the beginning of the modern age of astronomy, then follows later discoveries, including NASA's current missions in space."--