Astrophysics Space Science category: 1588 books
by William Haloupek
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Trying to get a sense of scale in the Solar System can be difficult, because the distances involved are outside the realm of ordinary experience. Planets and other bodies also move at much greater speeds than ordinary household objects. For example, 1 km/sec is pretty fast for a bullet, but slow compared...
Mars One
Humanity's Next Great Adventure: Inside the First Human Settlement on Mars
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Will we one day walk on Mars? A book that “will feed the imagination of anyone with an interest in space or the future of humanity on other worlds” (Foreword Reviews).
In 2011, Mars One announced its intentions to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars beginning as early as 2024....
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The current report is the first in a three-part series that describes a team training needs analysis conducted for long-duration spaceflight (LDSF) crews. The ultimate goals of the overall...
Alien Skies
Planetary Atmospheres from Earth to Exoplanets
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Planetary atmospheres are complex and evolving entities, as mankind is rapidly coming to realise whilst attempting to understand, forecast and mitigate human-induced climate change. In the Solar System, our neighbours Venus and Mars provide striking examples of two endpoints of planetary evolution,...
Fast Solar Sailing
Astrodynamics of Special Sailcraft Trajectories
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
The range of solar sailing is very vast; it is a fully in-space means of propulsion that should allow us to accomplish various mission classes that are literally impossible using rocket propulsion, no matter if nuclear or electric. Fast and very fast solar sailings are special classes of sailcraft...
Alpha Centauri
Unveiling the Secrets of Our Nearest Stellar Neighbor
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
As our closest stellar companion and composed of two Sun-like stars and a third small dwarf star, Alpha Centauri is an ideal testing ground of astrophysical models and has played a central role in the history and development of modern astronomy—from the first guesses at stellar distances to understanding...
On To Mars!
Chronicles of Martian Simulations
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This book introduces the Martian simulations of The Mars Society, the first one installed on Devon Island, an uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic, well within the polar circle, and the second in the desert of Utah, several hundreds of kilometers South of Salt Lake City. The book is based on...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
*Authored By Astronomy Magazine's Bill Andrews*Includes Over 20 ImagesScience has always been a daunting topic, but one field has never failed to fascinate people. From the moment life on Earth began, it has slept beneath the gaze of hundreds of little balls of light in the night sky, and a Moon that...
Cosmic Debris
What It Is and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
This book examines the mysterious and the well-studied debris in Earth’s crowded neighborhood. From orbiting comets to the workings of the Asteroid Belt, and from meteor showers to our home-grown network of orbiting satellites, the full diversity of space objects and the debris they create is explored....
100 Things to See in the Night Sky
From Planets and Satellites to Meteors and Constellations, Your Guide to Stargazing
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
A handy field guide for the best stargazing experience whether in your own back yard, camping, or travelling—including information showing you which planets, constellations, stars, and manmade objects you can see with a telescope, or just your naked eye!
The night sky is full of amazing things...
by Heather Couper, Nigel Henbest
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
This comprehensive guide to astronomy introduces the basic concepts, explaining what, when, and how to observe space, right through to current theories on everything from black holes to microquasars. It helps you to navigate the night sky, identify the constellations and find planets, comets, galaxies...
Astronomy 101
From the Sun and Moon to Wormholes and Warp Drive, Key Theories, Discoveries, and Facts about the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Explore the curiosities of our galaxy!
Too often, textbooks obscure the beauty and wonder of outer space with tedious discourse that even Galileo would oppose. Astronomy 101 cuts out the boring details and lengthy explanations, and instead, gives you a lesson in astronomy that keeps you engaged...
Beginner’s Guide to Astronomy: Easy guide to stargazing, the latest discoveries, resources for beginners, and more!
Astronomy for Beginners, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
You don’t have to be an astronomer or an expert to appreciate this book. This book is perfect for beginners because everything is explained in simple terms. You will be drawn into the fundamentals about the universe, like, how did it come about; the theories surrounding it, including the much talked...
Lessons from the Local Group
A Conference in honour of David Block and Bruce Elmegreen
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Our understanding of galaxy formation comes mostly from two sources: sensitive observations at high angular resolution of the high-redshift Universe, where galaxies are observed to be forming, and detailed observations of individual stars and clouds in the Local Group, where telltale remnants from...