Stars, planets, rockets, blast off on a spectacular visual journey around our solar system and beyond

Send your child on a full-throttle mission into space with stunning photographs captured from NASA, the European Space Agency and the Hubble Space Telescope. They'll hurtle past the flaming surface of the Sun, visit Mercury's crater-scarred surface and a giant volcano on Mars; then race past comets to admire Jupiter's moons and the rings of Saturn.

This book's unique round shape transmits a "through-the-telescope" view of space and includes a spectacular space poster for bedroom walls, special glow-in-the-dark stickers, planet postcards and an amazing planisphere for star spotting. It's an out of this world adventure!

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .

Carole Stott is an astronomer and author. She has written more than 20 books on space-related subjects for both adults and children.