"A gleefully gruesome look at the actual science behind the most outlandish, cartoonish, and impossible deaths you can imagine What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only a swimsuit? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get in digging a hole to China? Paul Doherty, senior staff scientist at San Francisco's famed Exploratorium Museum, and writer Cody Cassidy explore...

Text and illustrations explain what comets and meteors are, and how they move through space and the earth's atmosphere.

Takes the reader on a tour of the solar system, describing the sun, planets, comets, asteroids, and meteors.