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Astronomy in Minutes

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

Astronomy in Minutes

By Giles Sparrow

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About the book

What happens when a star dies? How many asteroids are in our solar system? Can galaxies collide? What is dark energy? Astronomy in Minutes answers all these questions and more as it condenses 200 key concepts into easily digestible essays. From Trojan asteroids to stellar black holes, and from superclusters to cosmic microwave background, this book will take you on an essential tour around the universe. Beginning with the specks and constellations that we see in the night sky, and then zooming i...Show more

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9781848667235

Publisher

Quercus Publishing

Published year

2015

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1

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Astronomy in Minutes

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