"July 25th, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly. On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII: a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide. Its curve not of nature, but design. Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to learn who built the hole and why. But they all carry the burdens of lives carved out on disparate colonies in the cruel cold of space. For some the mission is the dream of the lifetime, for others...

"For more than fifty years, the Terran Republic and the Terran League have been killing one another. The death toll has climbed ever higher, year after year, with no end in sight. But the members of the Five Hundred, the social elite of the Republic's Heart Worlds, don't care. Their star systems are light-years from any threat of attack. Their children are sheltered from the "mandatory service" that falls so heavily on the Fringe Worlds' backs. Their...

The comedic adventures of the futuristic Jetson family, their dog Astro, and robotic maid Rosie.

No one can make the mysteries of the universe more comprehensible—and fun—than Neil deGrasse Tyson. With wit, charm, and everyday analogies, he brings planetary science down to earth and principles of astrophysics within reach. In this entertaining book, illustrated with vivid photographs and art, readers travel with him through space and time, starting with the big bang and voyaging to the far reaches of the universe and beyond. Along the way,...

Join Max the Dog as he becomes a tourist aboard the International Space Station. Experience the strange sensations of weightlessness, view our planet Earth with an entirely new perspective, and learn how Max became a hero in space.

Explores the planet Uranus and looks at its physical characteristics, history, and what the future might hold.

Shares awesome, disgusting, and unusual facts about space through conversational text and creative images.

When summer arrives on Nebulon, Zack discovers that his best friend, Drake, is afraid to learn to swim and decides to teach him before they go on a trip to water-covered planet Araxie.

Rhemun, commander of the Cehn-Tahr Holconcom, has worked tirelessly to get where he is, and he's not going to let any human drag him down. Especially not Lt. Commander Edris Mallory, whose very presence aboard the Morcai serves as a too-painful reminder of a past tragedy he can neither forgive nor forget.

Engaging images accompany information about the Hubble Space Telescope.