Let's Explore Pluto and Beyond investigates the latest discoveries about Pluto, explains its change in classification from planet to dwarf planet, and describes the other space objects found beyond Pluto's orbit.

Shares a behind-the-scenes account of the science, politics, egos, and public expectations that shaped the New Horizons' mission to Pluto and beyond, citing the endeavor's boundary-breaking achievements and how they reflect the collective power of shared human goals.

Including the recent addition of the dwarf planets, this series offers a fun-to-read insight into the solar system supported by NASA photography and artwork, as well as graphics explaining compicated scientific concepts in an accessible way.

Discusses the development of the New Horizons spacecraft and its mission to explore Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and Jupiter, looking at its construction, launch, and continued findings.

Describes the characteristics of and latest discoveries about the planet Uranus.

New Horizons was designed by NASA to study Pluto and the fringes of our solar system, farther away than any spacecraft has ever explored. Join science writer Elaine Scott as she tells the story of this mission. For Stephen Hawking, New Horizons signifies that "We explore because we are human and we want to know." This remarkable ship, no bigger than a piano, and using no more energy than a lightbulb, has already traveled three billion miles out to Pluto, and is continuing on to the Kuiper Belt, the farthest reaches of our solar system. The book will feature the beautiful, amazingly sharp photographs it is sending back from its journey, which are letting scientists fill in the blanks in our knowledge of Pluto--and delivering a few surprises along the way. Elaine Scott tells the exciting story of everyone's favorite planet, from Pluto's discovery through the frustrating attempts to study such a distant object, the creation of the New Horizons project, scientists' hopes and expectations for the mission, and what is being discovered. Her clear, engaging prose does more than narrate the events. By showing how scientists operate, their hypotheses, hopes, and disappointments, and how they make use of them, she gives readers an inspiring portrait of the scientific method itself.

Presents information about the Earth and its relationship to the Sun and other celestial bodies.