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Ancient humans must have found eclipses unnerving and unpredictable. Periodically, they are not easy to understand because of their complex nature. It is both dramatic and transient when a solar ecl……続きを見る

One problem with understanding history is that a comprehensive chronology of past events has never been demonstrated to be reliable. The solution to this problem is not something that could have bee……続きを見る

Ever wonder if we are alone in this universe? Over the years, researchers and scientists have scoured government documents in search of proof that life exists beyond Earth and has regularly visited ……続きを見る

The solar system has always been a messy place in which gravity wreaks havoc. Moons form, asteroids and comets crash into planets, ice ages commence, and dinosaurs disappear. By describing the drama……続きを見る

Age range 10+ Why do stars twinkle? What's the best way to start spotting constellations and comets? Is there life beyond Earth? What's the chance of a catastrophic collision with a killer asteroid?……続きを見る

Becoming Planetary People carries forward Thomas Berry’s project of infusing the scientific version of our origins with the poetry and majesty of ritualized religion. You will find in every corner o……続きを見る

With a fleet of telescopes in space and giant observatories on the ground, professional astronomers produce hundreds of spectacular images of space every year. These colorful pictures have become in……続きを見る

Globetrotter war gestern! Der neueste Reisetrend führt Touristen in den Weltraum. Zwischen Galaxien, Schwarzen Löchern und explodierenden Sternen gibt es für jeden Geschmack das richtige Urlaubsziel……続きを見る

Scientists have been searching for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations since Frank Drake’s first radio survey in 1960. But what would actually happen if SETI’s search succeeds? Is there any ……続きを見る

From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA’s most vital and exciting missions to the Red Planet, illustrated with full-col……続きを見る

The reader familiar with astronomical literature will doubtless remark a certain resemblance between the plan on which this book is written and that of Fontenelle’s “Conversations on the Plurality o……続きを見る

Starting from Newton’s times this follow-up to the author’s Springer book “Our Place in the Universe - Understanding Fundamental Astronomy from Ancient Discoveries” addresses the question of “our pl……続きを見る

Owing to the increased accuracy requirements in fields such as astrometry and geodesy the general theory of relativity must be taken into account for any mission requiring highly accurate orbit info……続きを見る

The universe is full of imperceptible natural wonders that can't be explained with only a few physical formulas or laws, and dark energy is no exception. This book provides an insight into this powe……続きを見る

This book is a comprehensive advancement about the understanding of the volcanology of Mars in all its aspects, from its primary formation to its evolution in time, from the smaller structures to th……続きを見る

Allein in unserer Galaxie gibt es etwa eine Milliarde erdähnlicher Planeten. Im sichtbaren Universum finden sich etwa 200 Milliarden Galaxien. Liegt es daher nicht nahe, dass sich irgendwo da drauße……続きを見る

'Leest als een detective.' NRC Handelsblad**** 'De aanwijzingen over de ware aard van "donker spul" staan zeer waarschijnlijk ergens in dit boek. We weten alleen nog niet waar.' - Vincent Icke*,* ho……続きを見る

The story of Hubble and Humason is one for the agesーand in particular, the Cosmic Age. In this compelling book, science writer Ron Voller digs deep into how and why the two scientists continued to ……続きを見る

This book introduces the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), also known as the "The Sky Eye", one of the China’s big science facilities. Using easy-to-understand language, ……続きを見る

This book is a compendium of key scientific questions, challenges, and opportunities across different areas of exoplanetary science. The field is currently experiencing rapid growth, and the book pr……続きを見る

Astronomy has traditionally relied on capturing photons from cosmic sources to be able to understand the universe. During the 20th and 21st centuries, different messengers have been added to the ast……続きを見る

We are now living in the multimessenger era in which often weak and elusive astrophysical phenomena need to be studied using different and orthogonal probes and information carriers in order to be f……続きを見る

Este livro tem o objetivo de estudar como Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), em sua Astronomia Nova (1609), identifica e esboça uma nova astronomia, especialmente ao romper com o axioma platônico dos movi……続きを見る

Introducción Hace tres años compre mi primer telescopio, y empecé a observar la Luna, al poder apreciarla un poco mas cerca que ha vista normal ha sido divertido e interesante, por su puesto al obse……続きを見る

This book introduces the phenomenology of gravitational lensing in an accessible manner and provides a thorough discussion of the related astrophysical applications. It is intended for advanced unde……続きを見る

Wie hat das Leben begonnen? Welchen Platz haben wir im Universum? Sind wir allein? Astrophysiker Neil deGrasse Tyson beantwortet die wichtigsten philosophischen Fragen über das Universum – auf Basis……続きを見る

William Carpenter, a printer and author, was born in England and later moved to Baltimore where he continued to advocate for the flat-Earth theory. While this is not Williams first publication on th……続きを見る

Een astronomische klassieker van Nederlands' bekendste sterrenkunde-auteur voor iedereen die het heelal beter wil begrijpen. Zo'n honderd jaar nadat Einstein het bestaan van zwaartekrachtgolven had ……続きを見る

Die funkelnden Sterne am Firmament sind nicht nur wunderschön, sondern auch der Schlüssel zu den Geheimnissen des Universums. Giles Sparrow stellt 21 besonders berühmte wie den Polarstern, Aldebaran……続きを見る

This book highlights the technological and managerial fundamentals and frontier questions of space science. Space science is a new interdisciplinary and comprehensive subject that takes spacecraft a……続きを見る