Astronomy

THE PLANETS is Dava Sobel's sweeping look at our heavenly galaxy. In the spirit of Longit...

From the big bang to black holes, this fast-paced tour of time and space for the astro-cu...

Over the last forty years, scientists have uncovered evidence that if the Universe had be...

When people look up into the night sky, the stars seem fixed and immutable, as unchangin...

This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric ...

When Albert Einstein published his first paper on relativity theory, it caused a stir in ...

There is no more profound, enduring or fascinating question in all of science than that o...

This book is the seventh volume of “The Living in Space Series”. Each volume ...

The Universe is a very big place and has many mysteries. Most people don't realize just h...

For going on two decades, Scientific American’s “Ask the Experts” colum...

On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on t...

Naturally, as technological advances and the creation of flying aircraft became realitie...

The Sun, as our nearest star, is of enormous importance for life on Earth, providing the ...

A manned mission to Mars has been the dream of humanity at least since the nineteenth cen...

First of all, why is the title of this book about mining Asteroid Belts? When we learned ...

Man has dreamed of travelling to the stars for as long as he knew that those points of li...

America's First Great Eclipse takes listeners on a thrilling historical journey, rev...

Talking about the universe is undoubtedly an exciting topic, that is why in this book I w...

As you all might know solar system is a gravitationally bound system. It consists of the ...

Not long ago, the Solar System was the only example of a planetary system—a star an...

The universe has long fascinated us with its tremendous scales of distance and time. Neve...

Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what poin...

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, engineer, and physicist. In his...

Do you know the difference between a meteor and an asteroid? How old do we think the univ...

When you look up at the night sky you’ll see millions of stars spread out through M...

The concept of Infinity has been around since the ancients and it has many practical appl...

Much has been written about the Space Race, which is still taught across America today, ...

Let the beauty of astronomy inspire your contemplation of creation. An Introduction to t...

Many ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century, and ...

Nearly 500 years after the Spanish conquered their mighty empire, the Aztecs are often r...

The question of man’s place in the extended universe has been pondered by every kno...

On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on t...

Join some of Earth’s leading scientists in exploring one of the universe’s b...

Is there other intelligent life in the universe, or are we all alone? Now you can explore...

The successful Apollo 11 mission was certainly an astonishing technological triumph, but ...

By the time the Hubble telescope reached orbit, it was already the world’s most fam...

For the Maya, astronomy was not a purely scientific pursuit but intimately linked to reli...

Today the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that cu...

Naturally, as technological advances and the creation of flying aircraft became realities...

While modern technology has helped astronomers view the furthest reaches of the Solar Sy...

This book contains 3 topics, all centered around astronomy:1 - Cosmology: Welcome to a jo...