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A journey through the universe : a traveller's guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unknown / New Scientist.

By:

New Scientist (Firm) [author.]

Material type:

TextBoston, MA : Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2022Edition: Paperback edition 2022Description: xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:

text, still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

978-1-529-38197-9

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DDC classification:

CIR 629.4 N53211 2022

Summary: Introduction -- Star one -- Worlds of iron and rock -- Among the giants -- The wild frontier -- The life of stars -- The afterlife of stars -- A trillion planets -- Mysteries of the Milky Way -- Galaxy quest -- Flashes and crashes -- Conclusion -- Fifty ideas. "A journey through the universe is a grand tour of the most amazing celestial objects and how they fit together to build the cosmos. As for the end of the journey - nobody knows. But getting there will be fun."--Page 4 of cover. "Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going. What do you see along the way? Page 4 of cover.

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Cover image	Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Vol info	URL	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Item hold queue priority	Course reserves
	Books	Grade School Learning Resource Center General Circulation		Non-fiction		CIR 629.4 N53211 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			GS19838

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Star one -- Worlds of iron and rock -- Among the giants -- The wild frontier -- The life of stars -- The afterlife of stars -- A trillion planets -- Mysteries of the Milky Way -- Galaxy quest -- Flashes and crashes -- Conclusion -- Fifty ideas. "A journey through the universe is a grand tour of the most amazing celestial objects and how they fit together to build the cosmos. As for the end of the journey - nobody knows. But getting there will be fun."--Page 4 of cover. "Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going. What do you see along the way? Page 4 of cover.

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