{"id":28033,"date":"2023-05-27T14:48:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T12:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=33121"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:37:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T14:37:12","slug":"8-really-really-big-books-about-space","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/8-really-really-big-books-about-space\/","title":{"rendered":"8 really, really big books about space"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrate the absolute vastness of the cosmos with some of the best books about space, which demand a galaxy-sized bookshelf to store them on. <\/p>

By Alexander McNamara\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 27 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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\u201cSpace is big. Really big. You just won\u2019t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas Adams pretty much nailed it when The Guide in his iconic sci-fi series The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em> tries to explain quite how big our Universe is. We know that it is about 13.82 billion years old<\/a>, and contains more than a trillion galaxies<\/a>, so when you take into account there are between 100 and 400 billion stars in our Milky Way, then yes, space really is \u2018mind-bogglingly big\u2019.<\/p>\n

And what better way to celebrate the absolute vastness of the great night sky than by burying your head in one of these extraordinarily big books about space?<\/p>\n

SuperSpace: The furthest, largest, most incredible features of our Universe<\/h2>\n
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Let\u2019s kick off this big list with something for the little ones. SuperSpace<\/em> is a weighty tome packed with out-of-this-world facts, giant, full-page photos of planets, moons, and their landscapes, as well as detailed illustrations of spacecraft and landers.<\/p>\n

Each page is laid out with quick stats and facts, key information, and a decent chunk of detail about whatever the spacey subject is. For example, did you know that NASA\u2019s Curiosity Mars rover has 17 cameras, or that Jupiter\u2019s Great Red Spot is so wide it could swallow up Earth?<\/p>\n

The bold pictures and easy-to-read info makes SuperSpace<\/em> one of the best children\u2019s books about space.<\/p>\n

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