★Rights sold to China! It's definitely not a traditional bedtime story book!
★Authored by Lisa Harvey-Smith, winner of Eureka Prize,astronomer and Professor!
★Under the Stars invites young readers along on a journey around our earth and even far beyond to the universe. Astrophysics is so funny and accessible like never before!
★Gentle narrative and adorable illustrations make this book easy to access and a page-turner.

Under the Stars: Bedtime Astrophysics transports curious kids and inquisitive adults on an incredible journey through the night sky. Explore our solar system from the comfort of your cosy bedroom. Find out why the sky is blue. Fly around a black hole and peer inside! Learn why Jupiter has stripes. When astrophysicist Lisa Harvey-Smith isn't looking skyward, she is answering the smart questions of school kids. Her engaging storytelling in this colourfully illustrated book brings the night sky to life, giving amazing new perspectives to young explorers who are always asking, 'Why?'

【author】Lisa Harvey-Smith
A British-Australian astrophysicist, Professor of Practice in Science Communication at the University of NSW. Her research interests include the origin and evolution of cosmic magnetism, supernova remnants, the interstellar medium, massive star formation and astrophysical masers.
[Awards and honours]
October 2015, Harvey-Smith received the CSIRO Chairman’s Medal for her contributions to the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder Telescope.
August 2016, Harvey-Smith was awarded the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Australian Science Research, after being a finalist in 2015 Eureka Prize.
November 2012, The Sydney Morning Herald included Harvey-Smith in its "Top One Hundred: Sydney's Most Influential People".
She was named in the Sydney Morning Herald’s “Good Weekend’s Who Mattered 2019: Science” list.


【illustrator】Mel Matthews
Mel Matthews is an illustrator who lives and works on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. After a brief stint as a jazz musician, she studied fine art and illustration before becoming a full-time illustrator, creating artwork for books, games and products of all kinds. When she's not drawing, Mel can usually be found swimming, reading, writing, talking to parrots, or looking for the International Space Station on a clear starry night.

Introduction viii
THE EARTH
Why Is the Sky Blue? 3
How Astronauts Make Shooting Stars 7
Rainbows—Nature’s Lightshow 11
Starry Starry Night 15
Where Does Space Begin? 19
Why the Wind Blows 23
The Upside-Down World of Telescopes 27
The Wonky Reason for Seasons 31
Constellations—Shapes in the Stars 35
Counting Down to a Launch 39
The People Who Study Outer Space 43
How Your Eyes Make Stargazing Extraordinary 45
The Problem of Space Junk 49
The Ever-Spinning Earth 53
Comets—The Hairy Stars of Doom 55
Gravity Keeps Us Grounded 59
Life on a Space Station 61
Stopping Cosmic Rays 65
Real Rocket Science 69

THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Our Very Own Star 75
Mercury—The Planet that Hugs the Sun 79
Venus—Cloudy with a Chance of Acid 83
Seeing Red on Mars 91
How Jupiter Got Its Stripes 95
Saturn Has a Nice Ring to It 99
Uranus Is Full of Gas 103
Neptune—The Unseen Planet 107
The Dark World of Pluto 111
Asteroid Belts and Icy Clouds 113
How Much Would You Weigh on Other Planets? 117
The Secret Life of the Sun 121

EXTRASOLAR SPACE
Pulsars—The Incredible Spinning Stars 127
Is There Life on Other Planets? 131
A Guide to Spotting Exoplanets 135
Supernova! When Stars Explode 139
The Biggest Star in the Sky 143
How Does a Star Become a Black Hole? 147

THE MILKY WAY
Our Galaxy—Countless Stars 153
Supermassive—Visiting a Black Hole 157

THE UNIVERSE
Travelling at the Speed of Light 163
Why Do Quasars Shine So Bright? 167
The Big Bang Theory 171
Surfing Gravitational Waves 175
How Big Is the Universe? 177
Further Exploring 180
Acknowledgements 181