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020 _a978-1-529-38197-9
040 _cGSLRC
082 _aCIR 629.4 N53211 2022
110 _aNew Scientist (Firm),
_eauthor.
_953980
245 _aA journey through the universe :
_ba traveller's guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unknown /
_cNew Scientist.
250 _aPaperback edition 2022.
264 _aBoston, MA :
_bNicholas Brealey Publishing,
_c2022.
300 _axi, 228 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c20 cm.
336 _atext
_astill image
_btct
_bsti
337 _aunmediated
338 _avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aIntroduction -- 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"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.
_a"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?
_cPage 4 of cover.
650 _aAstronomy.
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650 _aPlanets.
_953981
650 _aSupernovae.
_953982
650 _aBlack holes (Astronomy)
_953983
651 _aUniverse.
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_cBK
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