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Title Under alien skies : a sightseer's guide to the universe / Philip Plait, PhD.
Author Plait, Philip, 1964- author.
Publisher New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
Copyright ©2023
Description xiii, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : photographs, illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition First Edition.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel the universe? How would Saturns rings look from a spaceship sailing just above them? If you were falling into a black hole, whats the last thing youd see before getting spaghettified? While traveling in person to most of these amazing worlds may not be possibleyetthe would-be space traveler need not despair: you can still take the scenic route through the galaxy with renowned astronomer and science communicator Philip Plait.
Subject Astronomy.
Outer space.
Outer space -- Exploration.
Universe.
ISBN 9780393867305
0393867307