How can robots help us explore space? A probe called New Horizons is zooming through the outer solar system. It's headed to Pluto. It and other space robots can go where people cannot survive. In this book, you'll learn how robots can work as our eyes, ears, and hands in space. As part of the Searchlight Books collection, this series explores outer space and sheds light on the question What's Amazing about Space? Fantastic photos, kid-friendly explanations...

January 15, 1919 : Suddenly the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, was transformed into a sea of dark, flowing molasses. A large tank holding the molasses had exploded, sending shards of metal hundreds of feet away, collapsing buildings, and coating the harborfront with a thick layer of sticky-sweet sludge. What had happened?

Describes various kinds of owls, their binocular vision, hunting and eating habits, mating and nesting behaviors, how they raise their young, and effects of humans on their habitat.

Presents the events leading up to the first major battle in the Civil War, at Bull Run in 1861, and describes that clash and its aftermath.