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Glowing 3-D Planets
$12.95
Bring the brilliance of the celestial sky into your own room with the 8 glowing planets in our solar system! These planets out-glow all others thanks to our proprietary Glominite formula. Simply apply the reusable adhesive putty to attach planets to your ceiling. Then turn out the lights and marvel at the solar system that you've created!
Planetary Gemstones
$39.95
Introducing Planetary Gemstones, a faithful re-creation of the beautiful planets in our incredible solar system! Each stunning gemstone has been meticulously hand crafted and polished from nine different high quality gems and minerals. The designers have worked extremely hard to accurately showcase the unique beauty of each and every planet (including Pluto)! The final result reveals polished gems that have been matched and cross-referenced with genuine NASA satellite imagery.
What a sophisticated gift idea for anyone with a curious mind, allowing them to experience the solar system every day from their desk! Coming ready to display in a heavy duty cardstock display box, they'll look fantastic on your mantelpiece too. They're perfectly tactile and cool to touch (just like marbles), and make a great conversation starter for kids about space!
Your set includes all 9 gemstone planets in relative size (Jupiter is the largest and Pluto the smallest).
The planets are represented by the following gemstones and minerals:
- Mercury: Labradorite, Venus: White Quartz and Earth: Sodalite
- Mars: Mahogany Obsidian, Jupiter: Tiger's Eye and Saturn: Yellow Calcite
- Uranus: Amazonite, Neptune: Blue cat's Eye and Pluto: Poppy Jasper
Why is Uranus Upside down ?
$24.95
A highly entertaining and informative introduction to our planet and the universe we live in. Have you ever wondered what dark matter is or why galaxies collide? Or why the Moon is gradually drifting away from Earth? Space is really, really big, as Douglas Adams once pointed out, and there is no better guide to it than Fred Watson, astronomer to the stars. Fred Watson has taken the many, many questions that have been asked by listeners of his popular, long-running radio shows, and answered them in Why Is Uranus Upside Down? * How can you identify the constellations? * Does the Earth wobble? * Could you dump nuclear waste into the Sun? * What makes planets round? * Where's the nearest black hole? * Are there other universes? * Can we ever know everything? This highly entertaining and informative introduction to our planet and the Universe we live in is a must-read for enquiring minds of all ages.Information
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