Discover our Solar System

Colin Stuart is an astronomy speaker and author who has talked to well over a quarter of a million people about the universe, ranging from schools and the public to conferences and businesses. His books have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and he’s written over 100 popular science articles for publications including The Guardian, New Scientist, BBC Focus and the European Space Agency. A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Colin has talked about the wonders of the universe on Sky News, BBC News and Radio 5Live and been quoted in national newspapers including The Daily Telegraph and The Observer. In recognition of his efforts to popularise astronomy, the asteroid (15347) Colinstuart is named after him.Charlie Brandon-King is an illustrator, print-maker and textiles obsessive. She has illustrated two other books with Button Books: A Cat Called Panda and Travel Activity Book.

Packed full of facts about space. Each planet has a double page spread with illustrations and lots of facts about it. There are also lots of other space facts in the book such as a timeline of all the key space-related moments in history, information on space rockets and the international space centre.

• Introduction 6How it all started: The Big Bang 8Our solar system 10Discovering our solar system 12The sun 14Mercury 16Venus 18Earth 20The moon 22Mars 24Jupiter 26Saturn 28Uranus 30Neptune 32Dwarf planets 34Asteroids 36Comets 37Meteorites 37The space race 38Space rockets 40Exploration 42International space station 44Exploring space without a rocket 45Glossary 46About the author 48