This book is organized into six chapters, moving from the workings of the telescope itself progressively outward to the Solar System, the stars, the galaxies, and the universe, including the most wide-ranging views into deep space. The final chapter, the Factfile, provides key reference information to expand and supplement the main content.

Universe in Focus: the Story of the Hubble Telescope

Stuart Clark

Barnes&Noble Books

Why does the Moon seem to change shape? What is the surface of the Moon like? Could you ever live on the Moon? Find the answers in this book! People used to think there were seas on the Moon. Find out what they were looking at. Learn about the volcanoes that used to erupt on the Moon.

The Moon (Universe)

Education & Teaching

Raman Prinja

Tim Goss

Schools & Teaching

HEINEMANN LIBRARY+

What are constellations? How far away are the stars? Do stars ever stop shining? Find the answers in this book! You will also learn about stars you can't see and will understand what happens when a star's light goes out. The night is not a time of darkness and quiet. It is bright and exciting!

Stars and Constellations (Universe)

Medical Books

Medicine

<p>The story of one man's struggle to unite an unlikely band of characters and ensure their safe return home after they are marooned on a hostile alien world.</p>

Project U.l.f. (Project U.L.F.) (Project U.L.F.)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Silver Leaf Books

From the Publisher What are time and space? When and how did the universe begin - and how will it end? Why has such a rich variety of celestial objects come into being? And was life an inevitable development in the cosmos? The answers to our most profound questions lie in the depths of space. To look here is, in effect, to look back in time, because we see the light emitted long ago from distant stars and galaxies. As we stare deeper into space, we also gaze further into the past - back towards the beginning of the universe itself. Now Deep Space allows us to see, with our own eyes, the mysterious objects and phenomena that inhabit the far reaches of the cosmos and the earliest times of existence. Each of this book's ten chapters explains one big idea in humanity's study of the origins and evolution of the universe. These fundamental concepts include the big bang and the expanding universe; the formation of stars and planets; the anatomy and lifecycle of a galaxy; the existence of black holes and supermassive black holes; gravity and Einstein's Theory of Relativity; dark matter and dark energy; the cosmic web of galaxies; and theories of how the universe will end. Clearly introduced by Dr. Stuart Clark's straightforward commentary, these cornerstones in our understanding of the universe are exemplified by a multitude of stunning images and diagrams. Within Deep Space are over 250 of the very latest and clearest images of the cosmos, provided by the Hubble Space Telescope and other, even more advanced, viewing technologies. These cosmic exotica include: spiral, elliptical, lenticular, ring and irregular galaxies; nebulae andsupernova; white dwarfs; quasars; colliding galaxies; star formation and stellar nurseries; dying and exploding stars; planets and the solar system; the large-scale structure of the cosmos; and even images that give evidence of the great 'invisibles' of the universe - black holes, dark matter and dark energy.

Deep Space by Stuart Clark (2007) Hardcover

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Barnes&Noble

Look into the hazy river of stars that flows across the night sky and you gaze into the center of our Galaxy. Over two hundred and fifty thousand trillion miles away, amid the bright star clouds of Sagittarius, lies the point about which the Milky Way's 200 billion stars all revolve. Such distances, such numbers, such a view defy the imagination. Yet the incredible advances of modern science have built a compelling portrait of our cosmic habitat and armed with this hard-won knowledge, we can now confidently navigate our Galaxy's 100,000-light-year span, exploring and explaining the wonders of the deep night sky.

With Stuart Clark's lucid text and nearly 500 cutting-edge images, Galaxy investigates every aspect of the Milky Way - from its place in the Universe to its large-scale anatomy, from its history to its future. We approach the Milky Way from the very edge of the Universe, threading our way through massive conglomerations of galaxies gathered like grains of dust on a veil of cobwebs.

Out here we can survey the thriving diversity of galaxy types and galactic life. Homing in on our destination, we skirt fleets of satellite galaxies, orbiting our Galaxy like the Moon orbits the Earth, before plunging through the Milky Way's spiral arms on a course that will ultimately lead us to its dark heart - a gravitational maelstrom of white dwarfs, neutron stars and hypergiants, all in the thrall of a supermassive black hole.

As we tour the Galaxy the rhythms of stellar life unfold before our eyes: we pass through dark clouds of dust and gas incubating clusters of embryonic stars, we discover spectacular emission nebulae blazing in the fierce radiation of stellar newborns, we watch dying stars bloom and fade as planetary nebulae, or tear themselves apart as supernovae and we survey the planets and moons of our Solar System.

Galaxy: Exploring the Milky Way by Stuart Clark (2008) Hardcover

Fall_River_Press

The Unknown Universe: What We Don't Know About Time and Space in Ten Chapters

Head of Zeus

<p>A history of humanity, told through our relationship with the night sky.\nThe awe-inspiring history of humanity told through our relationship with stars and the night sky.\n'Excellent . . . This books makes you rethink the traditional story of the history of astronomy . . . Effortlessly readable.'\nBBC Sky at Night\n‘Stuart Clark’s picture of the yawning gaps in our understanding of the cosmos is fuller than most.’\nNature\nFrom the Stone Age to the Space Age, Stuart Clark explores a fascination shared across the world, one that has unequivocally shaped us as civilisations and as individuals, housing our hopes and fears. In the stars, we can see our past – and ultimately, our fate.</p>

Beneath the Night: How the stars have shaped the history of humankind

Guardian Faber Publishing

What are time and space? When and how did the universe begin - and how will it end? Why has such a rich variety of celestial objects come into being? And was life an inevitable development in the cosmos?The answers to our most profound questions lie in the depths of space. To look here is, in effect, to look back in time, as we see light emitted long ago from distant stars and galaxies. As we stare deep into space, we also gaze deep into the past - back towards the beginning of the universe itself.Now "Deep Space" allows us to see, with our own eyes, the mysterious objects and phenomena that inhabit the far reaches of the cosmos and the earliest times of existence. Each of this book's ten chapters explains one big idea in humanity's study of the origins and evolution of the universe. These fundamental concepts include the big bang and the expanding universe; the formation of stars and planets; the anatomy and lifecycle of a galaxy; the existence of black holes and supermassive black holes; gravity and Einstein's Theory of Relativity; dark matter and dark energy; the cosmic web; and theories of how the universe will end. These cornerstones in our understanding of the universe are clearly introduced by Dr Stuart Clark's straightforward commentary, and are exemplified by over 250 of the very latest and clearest images of the cosmos, provided by the Hubble Space Telescope and other, even more advanced, viewing technologies.

Deep Space

Quercus

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Universe in Focus: the Story of the Hubble Telescope

The Moon (Universe)

Stars and Constellations (Universe)

Universe in Focus: the Story of the Hubble Telescope

Project U.l.f. (Project U.L.F.) (Project U.L.F.)

Deep Space by Stuart Clark (2007) Hardcover

Galaxy: Exploring the Milky Way by Stuart Clark (2008) Hardcover

The Unknown Universe: What We Don't Know About Time and Space in Ten Chapters

Beneath the Night: How the stars have shaped the history of humankind

Deep Space