What happens when a star dies? How many asteroids are in our solar system? Can g
alaxies collide? What is dark energy? Astronomy in Minutes answers all these que
stions and more as it condenses 200 key concepts into easily digestible essays.
From Trojan asteroids to stellar black holes, and from superclusters to cosmic m
icrowave background, this book will take you on an essential tour around the uni
verse. Beginning with the specks and constellations that we see in the night sky
, and then zooming in on the objects and 'matter' beyond the naked eye, Astronom
y in Minutes draws on established theories and recent research.
Each essay is
accompanied by an image or a clear diagram to help unravel complex ideas. Begin
ning with the constellations and finishing with the latest cosmological theories
, this is the perfect reference guide to this fascinating subject. Contents incl
ude: The celestial sphere, Piscis Austrinus, the Earth-Moon system, Io and Ganym
ede, Kuiper Belt Objects, Measuring stellar properties, Nuclear fusion, Red and
orange dwarfs, Open star clusters, Planetary nebulae, Supernova remnants, Cosmic
expansion, Quasars and blazars, Nature of spacetime, Nucleosynthesis and the An
thropic Principle.
