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A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy is a book about astronomy and cosmology, and is intended for a general audience. The book was written by Pierre-Yves Bely, Carol Christian, and Jean-Rene Roy, and published in English by Cambridge University Press in 2010. It was originally written in French. [1]
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Horizons: Exploring the Universe is an astronomy textbook that was written by Michael A. Seeds and Dana E. Backman. It is in its 14th edition (as of 2019), and is used in some colleges as a guide book for introductory astronomy classes.
There’s so much to learn about the universe. Here’s where to start.
Books about astronomy, a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and their overall evolution. Objects of interest include planets, moons, stars, nebulae, galaxies, meteoroids, asteroids, and comets
The book describes the 2017 detection of ʻOumuamua, the first known interstellar object to pass through the Solar System. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Loeb, an astronomer at Harvard University , speculates that the object might be an extraterrestrial artifact , [ 10 ] a suggestion considered unlikely by the scientific community collectively.
Space Atlas: Mapping the Universe and Beyond is a National Geographic book written by American physicist James S. Trefil, Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University in 2012. It is subdivided into three parts, including photography, star charts, and general information surrounding the Solar System , the Milky Way galaxy , and the ...
The Stars: A New Way to See Them is an astronomy book by H. A. Rey. It was first published in 1952 (Houghton Mifflin, Boston) and revised in 1962. It was updated again in 1997. Other editions were: Chatto and Windus, London, 1975; "A New Way to see the Stars", Paul Hamlyn, London, 1966; Enl. World-wide ed. Houghton Mifflin, 1967.