Astronomy in Minutes

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Highest	$12.99 Nov 23, '15	Highest	$8.37 Dec 13, '15	Highest	$10.55 Sep 10, '15
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Added	Sep 10, 2015	Added	Sep 10, 2015	Added	Sep 10, 2015

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What happens when a star dies? How many asteroids are in our solar system? Can galaxies collide? What is dark energy? answers all these questions and more as it condenses 200 key concepts into easily digestible essays.

From Trojan asteroids to stellar black holes, and from superclusters to cosmic microwave background, this book will take you on an essential tour around the universe. Beginning with the specks and constellations that we see in the night sky, and then zooming in on the objects and matter" beyond the naked eye, draws on established theories and recent research.

Each essay is accompanied by an image or a clear diagram to help unravel complex ideas. Beginning with the constellations and finishing with the latest cosmological theories, this is the perfect reference guide to this fascinating subject.

Contents include: The celestial sphere, Piscis Austrinus, the Earth-Moon system, Io and Ganymede, Kuiper Belt Objects, Measuring stellar properties, Nuclear fusion, Red and orange dwarfs, Open star clusters, Planetary nebulae, Supernova remnants, Cosmic expansion, Quasars and blazars, Nature of spacetime, Nucleosynthesis and the Anthropic Principle.

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