Presents facts about stars and galaxies, and describes what it would be like to visit them.
This volume describes the properties and facts about stars and galaxies.
This book offers a succinct and accessible primer at a time when breathtaking technological advances promise a wealth of new observational data on the first stars and galaxies.
To see why the Doppler shift occurs , we can think about a fire truck approaching us with a bell clanging once a second . When the bell clangs , the sound travels ahead of the truck to reach our ears . One second later , the bell clangs ...
The sun and other stars shine because atoms in the star combine and release energy.
This book looks at answers to the biggest questions in astronomy – the questions of how the planets, stars, galaxies and the universe were formed.
This Book Introduces The Subject Of Astrophysics To Honours And Post-Graduate Students Of Physics, Without The Necessity Of Their Being Familiar With All The Practical Details Of Modern Astronomical Techniques Of Observation And Deduction ...
More than 160 star charts were made especially for this book by the Royal Greenwich Observatory. There is a separate, detailed chart for each of the 88 constellations, adding up to a complete atlas of the sky.
DK Reader Stars and Galaxies is a level 2 reader, Beginning to Read, offering a delightful narrative for young children to encourage an interest in and desire to read.
A concise introduction to cosmology and how light first emerged in the universe Though astrophysicists have developed a theoretical framework for understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, only...
Planets, Stars, and Galaxies: An Introduction to Astronomy