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This book is one of two volumes meant to capture, to the extent practical, the sci- ti? c legacy of the Cassini–Huygens prime mission, a landmark in the history of pl- etary exploration. As the most ambitious and interdisciplinary planetary exploration mission ? own to date, it has extended our...

Employing the same informational approach Erik Seedhouse used in "SpaceX" and "Bigelow Aerospace", this new book familiarizes space enthusiasts with the company XCOR Aerospace and examines the design of the two-seater Lynx. The new spaceplane's low weight and high octane fuel...

This book equips the reader with a coherent understanding of the structure of the Sun and its evolution and provides all the knowledge required to construct a simplified model of the Sun. The early chapters cover key aspects of basic physics and describe the Sun’s size, mass, luminosity,...

Uncover the mysteries of space weather and solar activity, and learn about the practical consequences on human activity from astronaut safety to power grid blackouts with this authoritative compilation of up-to-date official documents. The sixteen parts of this massive, thousand-page compilation report...

The Extravagant Universe tells the story of a remarkable adventure of scientific discovery. One of the world's leading astronomers, Robert Kirshner, takes readers inside a lively research team on the quest that led them to an extraordinary cosmological discovery: the expansion of the universe is accelerating...

Packed with real science and fueled by imagination, a beautifully illustrated guide to traveling in our solar system Imagine taking a hike along the windswept red plains of Mars to dig for signs of life, or touring one of Jupiter's sixty-four moons where you can photograph its swirling storms....

An extraterrestrial civilization created human civilization and all other life on Earth. There was a time when mankind knew about these beings, but as religion and science took over the world, people forgot their true origins. Religion and science remain at odds, but they continue to work together...

Darf ich vorstellen: Das Universum. Auch bekannt als Kosmos, Weltall, Weltraum. Geboren vor 13,75 Milliarden Jahren. Heute etwa 92 Milliarden Lichtjahre groß und 10 hoch 53 Kilogramm schwer. Auf der Flucht. Knapp minus 270 Grad Celsius kalt. Leer. Elektrisch neutral. Ohne Mitte. Bevölkert...

Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon explores the farthest reaches of space in the brand-new Exoplanets! There are thousands of exoplanets scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy, and scientists are on a constant quest to find one just like Earth. In Exoplanets, Simon examines the planets...

Looking up at the stars with great curiosity, Ponder builds a rocket and sores into the depth of his imagination as he takes us on an outer space adventure!

El Génesis, los siete días, la Creación... ¿de dónde procede el texto que compone la primera parte de La Biblia? ¿Es su texto sólo un poema introductorio... o es una narración? ¿Que hay detrás de sus palabras? Alberto Canen ha encontrado un camino alternativo para dar respuestas a estas...

When are we going to Mars? What would it be like living on Mars? How could we get there? How long would it take?   On Mars, you can jump 2.5 times higher….it has less gravity than Earth. Mars also has no air, so bring your spacesuit!   If you love reading about Space,...

Atop a mesa one mile west of downtown Flagstaff, Arizona, sits Lowell Observatory, an astronomical research facility steeped in tradition. Percival Lowell, scion of a Boston Brahmin family, initially established his observatory in 1894 to study the possibility of intelligent life on Mars. Lowell widely...

When we look at clouds in our sky, we can sometimes make out shapes. This is called pareidolia, where the human brain finds shapes or patterns hidden in random images. This can also happen with nebulas – clouds of dust and gas in space.There are two main types of nebulas; bright and dark. There...