Infographics
The book contains 99 separate infographics split into nine sections. We felt that a selection of infographics from the book could be enhanced with interactivity or more up-to-date data. These are linked to below.
007One / Space exploration
- Launch vehicles
- One small step for...
- Human spaceflight
- Travels in time and space (web bonus: Human spaceflight timeline, Who's in space, an astronaut birthplace map, and Human spaceflight summary)
- Space survival
- Launch sites
- Orbits
- Space junk
- Space stations
- Journey to the Moon
- On the Moon
- Missions to the Moon
- Interplanetary missions
- Distant voyagers
- Planetary rovers
039Two / Solar System
- How many planets?
- Scale model Solar System
- The family of planets
- Moons
- Eclipses
- Solar System top ten
- Structures of planets and moons
- Planetary atmospheres
- Lords of the rings
- Asteroids
- Locations of asteroids
- Names of asteroids
- Collision imminent
- Classifications of meteroites
- A Comet
- Comets
- Comet hunters
- Kuiper belt
- The high jump
- Timeline of the Solar System
- Travel times
083Three / Telescopes
- Optical telescopes: size matters
- Atmospheric windows
- The sky's the limit
- The sky's not the limit
- Radio telescopes: bigger and bigger
- Telescope chronology
- Megapixels
- Resolution
101Four / The Sun
- The Sun
- Spectrum of the Sun
- Sunspots
- Butterfly diagram
- Solar flares
- Dance of the Sun
115Five / Stars
- Constellations: northern (web bonus: All 88 constellations)
- Constellations: southern
- 3D Orion
- Nearest stars
- Proper motions
- Brightest stars
- Giant stars
- Dwarf stars
- Stellar classifications
- Brightness and colour
- Life cycle of stars
- Supernovae
- Pulsars
- We are stardust
- Precession
147Six / Galaxies
- The Milky Way
- The invisible galaxy
- Polarisation of the Galaxy
- Structure of the Milky Way
- The local sheet of galaxies
- The 30,000 nearest galaxies
- The galactic zoo
163Seven / Cosmology
- Empty space
- Models of the Universe
- The cosmological distance ladder
- The cosmic web
- What is the Universe made of?
- Evolution of the Universe
- Powers of ten
179Eight / Other worlds
- Finding exoplanets
- Exoplanet discoveries
- All known exoplanets
- Planetary systems
- Earth-like
- Are we alone?
- Postcards From Earth
- Earth calling
- Light spheres
- Messaging extra-terrestrial intelligence
201Nine / Miscellaneous
- Relativistic effects
- Pictures of the day
- Water worlds
- Density
- Building blocks
- How long is a day?
- Identified flying objects
- Messier catalogue
- New General Catalogue
- Unsung heroes of astronomy