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Under alien skies : a sightseer's guide to the universe

Plait, Philip 1964- (author.).

Summary: Drawing on the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination, a renowned astronomer and science communicator takes us on an immersive tour of the universe to view ten of the most spectacular sights outer space has to offer, including the strange, beautiful shadows cast by a hundred thousand stars.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393867305
ISBN: 0393867307
Physical Description: xiii, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-297) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

One small step : the Moon -- Red sky at night : Mars -- Vermin of the sky : asteroids and comets -- One ringed world to rule them all : Saturn -- At the solar system's edge : Pluto -- A mini-solar system : planets around red dwarf stars -- Tatooine's sky : planets with two suns -- A planet with a million suns : globular clusters -- Inside star factories : nebulae -- The last sky you'll ever see : black holes -- Epilogue.