Astronomy category: 2403 books
The Pioneer Detectives
Did a distant spacecraft prove Einstein and Newton wrong?
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Explore one of the greatest scientific mysteries of our time, the Pioneer Anomaly: in the 1980s, NASA scientists detected an unknown force acting on the spacecraft Pioneer 10, the first man-made object to journey through the asteroid belt and study Jupiter, eventually leaving the solar system. No...
Mirror Earth
The Search for Our Planet's Twin
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they began to find planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way. More than eight hundred planets have been found since then, yet none of them is anything like Earth and none could support life.
Now, armed with more powerful technology, planet hunters...
On the Shores of Titan's Farthest Sea
A Scientific Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Titan is practically a planet in its own right, with a diameter similar to that of Mercury, methane rainstorms, organic soot and ethane seas. All of the most detailed knowledge on the moon's geology, volcanology, meteorology, marine sciences and chemistry are gathered together here to paint a factually...
A Passion for Space
Adventures of a Pioneering Female NASA Flight Controller
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Marianne J. Dyson recounts for us a time when women were making the first inroads into space flight control, a previously male-dominated profession. The story begins with the inspiration of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon and follows the challenges of pursuing a science career as a woman in the...
Europa’s Lost Expedition
A Scientific Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
This classically styled, chilling murder mystery about an expedition under the ice of Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa, backed up by the latest scientific findings on this icy satellite. The science fiction premise explores real possibilities of exploring other bodies in the Solar System, including probing...
Comets
Creators and Destroyers
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 1998
David Levy brings these "ghostly apparitions" to life. With fascinating scenarios both real and imagined, he shows how comets have wreaked their special havoc on Earth and other planets. Beginning with ground zero as comets take form, we track the paths their icy, rocky masses take around our universe...
The Mystery of the Seven Spheres
How Homo sapiens will Conquer Space
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2015
In this book, Giovanni Bignami, the outstanding Italian scientist and astronomer, takes the reader on a journey through the “seven spheres”, from our own planet to neighboring stars. The author offers a gripping account of the evolution of Homo Sapiens to the stage where our species is developing...
Scientific Ballooning
Technology and Applications of Exploration Balloons Floating in the Stratosphere and the Atmospheres of Other Planets
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
The aim of this book is to introduce scientific ballooning to the many people who are interested in the use of balloons for scientific applications. The book offers a basic understanding of the engineering details and the scientific research giving rise to balloon activities going on today. Above...
The Living Cosmos
Our Search for Life in the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
Considering the development of life on Earth, the existence of life in extreme environments and the potential for life elsewhere in the Universe, this book gives a fascinating insight into our place in the Universe. Chris Impey leads the reader through the history, from the Copernican revolution to...
Caesarean Moon Births
Calculations, Moon Sighting, and the Prophetic Way
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Prior to the advent of electricity, every night held the possibility of a celestial light show. People in even the most urban environments were exposed to the awe and majesty of the heavens, which clearly “proclaim the glory of God.” The contemplation of the celestial orbs and their movements...
by Dirk Bontes
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
KIC 8462852 was thought to be a non-descript star. Then suddenly it dimmed for a day! And later once again! Next it was shown to have gradually reduced its light strength for the last century. What causes this unexpected, far out of the ordinary behavior? What obscures the light from this star? Birds?...
by Charlene Homer
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
From the smallest particles of matter to the biggest star system, our universe is made up of all things that exist in space. Our resource gives you the big picture about space. Start off by exploring the Big Bang and formation of our Milky Way galaxy. Learn how distance is measured in light years,...
by Arthur Eddington
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
"Every one now admits that the Ptolemaic system, which regarded the earth as the centre of all things, belongs to the dark ages. But to our dismay we have discovered that the same geocentric outlook still permeates modern physics through and through, unsuspected until recently. It has been left...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin released a report in December 2011 examining NASA's controls over loans of moon rocks and other astromaterials to researchers and educators. The report found that NASA lacks sufficient controls over its loans of these materials, which increases the risk that these...