Plait, Philip
Under alien skies : a sightseer's guide to the universe Sightseer's guide to the universe Philip Plait, PhD - First edition. - New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company 2023 - xiii, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-307) and index.
One small step : the Moon -- Red sky at night : Mars -- Vermin of the sky : asteroids and comets -- One ringed world to rule them all : Saturn -- At the solar system's edge : Pluto -- A mini-solar system : planets around red dwarf stars -- Tatooine's sky : planets with two suns -- A planet with a million suns : globular clusters -- Inside star factories : nebulae -- The last sky you'll ever see : black holes -- Epilogue.
Drawing on the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination, a renowned astronomer and science communicator takes us on an immersive tour of the universe to view ten of the most spectacular sights outer space has to offer, including the strange, beautiful shadows cast by a hundred thousand stars.
9780393867305 0393867307
Astronomy--Popular works.
Universe--Popular works
Outer space--Popular works
QB44.3 / .P59 2023
520 Pla 11
Under alien skies : a sightseer's guide to the universe Sightseer's guide to the universe Philip Plait, PhD - First edition. - New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company 2023 - xiii, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-307) and index.
One small step : the Moon -- Red sky at night : Mars -- Vermin of the sky : asteroids and comets -- One ringed world to rule them all : Saturn -- At the solar system's edge : Pluto -- A mini-solar system : planets around red dwarf stars -- Tatooine's sky : planets with two suns -- A planet with a million suns : globular clusters -- Inside star factories : nebulae -- The last sky you'll ever see : black holes -- Epilogue.
Drawing on the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination, a renowned astronomer and science communicator takes us on an immersive tour of the universe to view ten of the most spectacular sights outer space has to offer, including the strange, beautiful shadows cast by a hundred thousand stars.
9780393867305 0393867307
Astronomy--Popular works.
Universe--Popular works
Outer space--Popular works
QB44.3 / .P59 2023
520 Pla 11