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Exploding stars and invisible planets : the science of what's out there /

"In Exploding Stars and Invisible Planets, Fred Watson, an award-winning astronomer, presents the most up-to-date knowledge on hot topics in astronomy and space science, providing a fascinating and entertaining account of the latest research. Watson explains how to find invisible planets around...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watson, Fred, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Prologue : Astronomy at large -- 1. Restless Earth : The way of the world -- 2. The terminator : A user's guide to nightfall -- 3. Starring citizen science : Research by the people -- 4. Catch a falling star : Meteors, meteorites and space dust -- 5. Radio silence : The quietest place in the world -- 6. The off-planet economy : Doing business in space -- 7. Moonstruck : Where did our satellite come from? -- 8. Telescope troubles : Astronomers in court -- 9. Space bugs : Rules for planetary protection -- 10. Climate change : What happened to Mars? -- 11. Not our Planet B? Colonising Mars -- 12. Ringing in the changes : The vanishing rings of Saturn -- 13. Stormy weather : Weird worlds of the Saturnian system -- 14. Stalking an invisible planet : The search for Planet Nine -- 15. Nature's barcode : A user's guide to light -- 16. Reverberations : Exploding stars and light echoes -- 17. Signals from the unknown : The fast radio burst mystery -- 18. Eye of the storm : Black holes inside and out -- 19. Through gravity's lens : The curious matter of dark matter -- 20. Ripples in space : Probing the birth of the Universe -- 21. Unrequited love : Is anyone there? 
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