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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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?