Margaret J Goldstein

For years, only trained astronauts could travel through space, but now companies are creating spacecraft that will allow regular people to experience space, too. Is this kind of space travel safe? Learn more about private space travel and future possibilities.

Old satellites and other bits of junk currently pollute Earth's orbit. Experts agree that the future of space exploration is in danger if this debris isn't cleaned up. In this book, learn more about this problem and its potential solutions.

Learn all about conspiracy theories that have emerged from the past to today. This accessible overview introduces young readers to thinking critically about the information they may glean from news, social media, and other sources.

¿Alguna vez soñaste con ir al espacio exterior? Cuando Sally Ride era una niña, vio en la televisión cuando el astronauta John Glenn se lanzó al espacio. Veinte años más tarde, se convirtió en la primera mujer estadounidense en ir al espacio. Ride ama la ciencia desde que era joven. Algunos de sus profesores pensaban que estaba perdiendo el tiempo al estudiar ciencia, pero luego obtuvo su doctorado en astrofísica. Cuando el programa entrenamiento...

Sabrina Ionescu was an all-time great college basketball player. In the WNBA, she overcame a serious ankle injury to become a star with the New York Liberty. See why fans are so excited about Ionescu.

Every day, people on Earth use about 90 million barrels of petroleum (oil and natural gas) to fuel cars, buses, airplanes, farm equipment, and factories; to heat their homes; and to manufacture detergents, paints, plastics, and countless other products. To get that petroleum, oil and gas companies search all over the planet-from northernmost Canada to deep under the ocean. Because it is such a valuable commodity, petroleum has become known as black...

At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Sydney McLaughlin scored two gold medals and broke the record for the fastest 400-meter hurdles time. Learn about her life as a track-and-field star.

As COVID-19 raged around the world in 2020, scientists undertook an unprecedented effort to create effective treatments and vaccines. Learn how medical professionals fought back against a deadly disease.

Stars decorate our sky every night, but we're still learning things about how they form and what they're made of. Dive into the many mysteries surrounding stars that scientists are investigating!

Could astronauts use wormholes to travel from galaxy to galaxy? Learn what scientists understand about the shape of outer space and see what and other deep space mysteries they are trying to solve.