Galaxies and stars

An introductory guide to navigating your way around the night sky and identifying what you can see on any given night.

The Moon is our neighbor in space.

Offers descriptions and observational details of the night sky''s most interesting double stars for amateur astronomers of all levels.

Reproduced in print for the first time, this book combines both volumes of Barnard''s Atlas.

An updated and revised second edition reference on classical novae for researchers and graduate students.

Ongoing studies in mathematical depth, and inferences from `helioseismological' observations of the internal solar rotation have shown up the limitations in our knowledge of the solar interior and of our understanding of the solar dynamo, manifested in particular by the sunspot cycle, the Maunder minimum, and solar flares.

Gazing up at the stars, Benjamin Banneker longed to understand how and why things worked as they did.

This book discusses the methods used in helio- and asteroseismology for the collection, analysis and interpretation of data.

What's longer than a football field, weighs more than 450 cars, yet flies miles above Earth's surface?

Galaxies are vast ensembles of stars, gas and dust, embedded in dark matter halos.

Learn about planets, stars and black holes in The Astronomy Book.

Mars is an exciting place, with deserts, volcanoes, and winds that kick up giant dust storms!

A comprehensive second edition for researchers in the interstellar medium and physical chemists in collision theory.

'It is strongly biased towards the author's speciality of galaxy morphology, and particularly to bars and rings.

What space objects can have millions of times more mass than our Sun, but they remain invisible?

A clear overview of stellar structure and stellar evolution for advanced students, incorporating modern observational advances.

A comprehensive summary of what is known about the Local Group, and what this knowledge tells us about the rest of the Universe.

In published papers H A Bethe and G E Brown worked out the collapse of large stars and supernova explosions.

Since the beginning of time, humans have looked to the night sky and wondered where Earth's moon came from.

Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations is a comprehensive presentation of the theory of stellar evolution and its application to the study of stellar populations in galaxies.

What do you know about stars?

A stimulating introduction for undergraduates in astronomy, physics and mathematics, this second edition contains two new chapters and new exercises.

Scientists have identified at least 100 million pieces of space debris-from paint chips to nonoperational zombie satellites-floating in Earth's orbit.

This volume is the latest in a prominent biannual series of scientific meetings on the exciting research topics of dark matter and, more recently, of dark energy.

This book contains written versions of the presentations made at the 4th International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter (IDM 2002), held in York, UK, in September 2002.

Over the last decade the physics of black holes has been revolutionized by developments that grew out of Jacob Bekenstein's realization that black holes have entropy.

There can be little doubt now that 90-99% of the Universe comprises dark matter.

This lively and informative book introduces beginning readers to the Sun, which is the center of our solar system and the system's largest object.

Thousands of years ago, humans believed that Earth was the center of the universe, that the world they lived on was all there was.

Modern cosmology has changed significantly over the years, from the discovery to the precision measurement era.

An Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics aspires to provide the reader with an intermediate knowledge on stars whilst focusing mostly on the explanation of the functioning of stars by using basic physical concepts and observational results.

Strap in for a rip-roaring ride through the history of the universe, starting with the Big Bang, and bringing us right up to present day.

Reviewing the fundamental instrumental techniques and current observational results, this book unveils the mysteries of the physical processes in the central parsec of our Milky Way: the super-massive black hole embedded in a central stellar cluster as well as the gas and dust in the circumnuclear region.

Have you ever wanted to explore the Milky Way?

The Cosmos Explainedis an exciting and beautifully designed book that charts the life of our universe from the Big Bang to the present day and beyond.

Albert Einstein is often viewed as the icon of genius, and his theories are admired for their beauty and correctness.

Simply, the most beautiful and complete reference on the Messier objects there has ever been!

Strap in for a rip-roaring ride through the history of the universe, starting with the Big Bang, and bringing us right up to present day.

"e;Fred Schaaf is one of the most experienced astronomical observers of our time.

Examines humanistic aspects of astrobiology, exploring approaches, critical issues, and implications of the discovery of extraterrestrial life.

Die Kosmochemie befasst sich mit der Entstehung der Elemente, ihrer Isotope, und ihrer Verteilung im Universum.

Un cielo lleno de aire, océanos compuestos por agua y la presencia de vida son algunas de las cosas que diferencian a la Tierra de los demás planetas.

This lively and informative book introduces beginning readers to the Moon's orbit around Earth, phases of the Moon and eclipses, the Moon's effect on tides, and more.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the third largest in the solar system.

Venus is the hottest planet in our Solar System.

Did you know that Neptune is the windiest planet in the solar system?

In 1972, Apollo 17 landed on the moon with a crew of astronauts.

This book discusses Mars' distinguishing characteristics, its position in the solar system its composition and atmospheric conditions, its moons, and how scientists have learned about Mars over time.

Después de la Tierra, Marte es el planeta más explorado de nuestro sistema solar.