This work offers a guided tour of our solar system and beyond, to the farthest reaches of the universe, illustrated with images from Hubble Space Telescope as well as large ground-based telescopes. The authors explain the broad concepts of astronomy before describing what may be seen with the naked eye and through a pair of binoculars or small telescope, suc h as planets, comets, galaxies and nebulae. They go on to explain cosmological theories such as the "Big Bang", the expanding universe, and the possibility of life elsewhere.

Philip's Understanding the Universe

Prinja, Raman K.

Ignace, Richard

PHILIP\'S

In language that should be accessible to beginners and more experienced observers alike, this manual explains the broad concepts of astronomy and introduces readers to the workings of the universe, starting with the sun, Earth, and planets in the Solar System. The formation and composition of the wide variety of galaxies present in the universe is discussed in detail along with other topics, such as the creation and future of the universe itself and the possibility of life existing elsewhere. This introduction to the subject of astronomy is illustrated with images from the Hubble Space Telescope and other world-class telescopes, both from the ground and space. Several specially commissioned artworks depict what the Solar System may have looked like in the earliest stages of its formation; what planets in other solar systems might look like; and how the Earth and the sun might look in five billion years.

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Philip's Understanding the Universe

Understanding the Universe

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors (The Universe)

The Moon (The Universe)

Stars and Constellations (The Universe)

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors (Universe)

The Moon (Universe)

The Universe, Stars and Constellations

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors (Universe)

The Moon (The Universe)