(a species of owlet moth (Noctuid)) Some caterpillars, after they emerge from their egg, can increase their weight by 25,000 times.

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Stardust from Space

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A beautifully illustrated book looking at the lifecycle of stardust, the stuff that makes stars, planets , comets, meteorites and asteroids.

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Stardust from Space

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Look up at the night sky, away from city lights and watch as the stars appear. These pinpricks of light are giant balls of burning gas millions and millions of kilometres away. So far away that it takes the light thousands of years to reach us.

This book looks at stardust in space - the substance that made the planets and that built the moon, the stars, the comets, the meteorites and the asteroids. Published in collaboration with the Natural History Museum, it looks at what this dust is and where its journey started.