A modern scientific twist to a beloved bedtime favorite filled with vibrant colors and space science fun!
Released June 30, 2020.
Available at stores like B&N.
There are a handful of Easter eggs in this book, from black hole images of M87 by the Event Horizon Telescope & Chandra X-ray Observatory to a “photo” of my two kids. Find Space Shuttle Columbia (that launched Chandra), the satellite loosely based on Chandra, and Pluto!
Reviews are in!
“A beloved classic gets an astronomical send up in this must-have book for budding little scientists.”
— John Rocco, New York Times bestselling author and creator of How We Got To The Moon
”Goodnight Exomoon is a super cute kids book for anyone looking to get their kids into planetary science
from a young age (and let’s face it, who isn’t?).”
-Daniella Rabaiotti, New York Times bestselling author of Does It Fart?
“The beloved children’s classic Goodnight Moon gets a celestial remix in this astronomy-themed parody. Telescopes, scientists, and satellites fill the recognizable great green room, and the book’s rhythmic verses and alternating color and black-and-white illustrations stay true to the original tenor and tone. Goodnight Exomoon is perfect for tucking little stargazers in at night or as a companion to the original...” — Foreward Reviews”
WORDS YOU’LL LEARN
Atmospheric balloon: A balloon that can carry instruments to high into Earth's atmosphere and can enable observation of frequency bands blocked by the lower atmosphere.
Comet: A small body, sometimes described as a "dirty snow ball," a few miles in diameter with a surrounding cloud of dust and gas that orbits the Sun.
Atomic, relating to the atom: Building block of matter, composed of positively charged protons and neutral neutrons in the nucleus, surrounded by negatively charged electrons.
Interns: Students paid for temporary positions over the summer or during a semester.
Lanterns: A portable source of light.
Micrometer: A tool used for precise measurement of very small objects, and can be used for in telescopes for measuring angles and distances on nearby objects.
Accelerometer: Small device used to help measure acceleration due to gravity.
Globular, as in globular cluster: Tightly-bound, roughly spherical collection of hundreds of thousands, and sometimes millions, of stars distributed in the halos around the Milky Way and other galaxies.
Exomoon: A moon orbiting a planet that is outside our solar system (exoplanet).
Satellite: A body that orbits around a planetary body, such as the Moon (a natural satellite) or the Chandra X-ray Observatory (an artificial telescope), both of which orbit around the Earth.
Meteor rocks, also known as meteorites: Pieces of asteroids or other celestial bodies that have travelled through space and fallen to Earth.
Telescope: Instrument used to capture as much light as possible from a given region of the sky and concentrate them into a focused beam for analysis.
Finderscope: An aiming device used in astronomy mounted on the main astronomical telescope pointing along the same line of sight that helps point at a cosmic target.
Space science: The study of things occurring in Earth’s upper atmosphere, in space, or on celestial bodies beyond Earth, and/or studies related to space flight.