Death stars, weird galaxies, and a quasar-spangled universe : the discoveries of the Very Large Array telescope /
Karen Taschek.
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2006.
- ix, 78 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
A tour of the Very Large Array -- Other famous telescopes -- Probing the planets : red-hot, icy Mercury, killer winds on Jupiter, and summering on Uranus -- Doughnuts in space : the life and explosive end of stars like the sun -- Death stars and starving black holes -- A zoo of galaxies -- The big bang of the universe -- The future of radio astronomy.
Introduces young readers to the wonders revealed by the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope on the plains of San Agustin, New Mexico.