Astrophysics Space Science category: 1588 books
Météorites
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Les météorites sont des objets naturels venant de l'espace et atteignant la Terre. Bien qu'elles aient été signalées dès l'Antiquité, la première des chutes de pierres bien observée, et dont il existe encore des échantillons, est celle qui est survenue le 16 novembre 1492, à Ensisheim en Alsace,...
Exoplanètes
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Partez à la découverte des exoplanètes avec ce Grand Article Universalis !
Depuis 1995, année de la découverte de la première exoplanète, 51 Pegasi b, de nombreux corps célestes de ce type ont été mis en évidence. Encore appelées planètes extrasolaires, les exoplanètes, dont...
Jupiter
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Jupiter , la plus grosse et la plus massive des planètes, constitue le centre d'un vaste système de satellites et d'anneaux étudié de près par plusieurs sondes spatiales: Pioneer-10 en décembre 1973, Pioneer-11 en décembre 1974, Voyager-1 en mars 1979, Voyager-2 en juillet 1979 , Ulysses en février...
Planète Terre
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Avant d'être un concept, la Terre fut une donnée : d'abord, la Terre nourricière – autrement dit, la « terre végétale » –, puis, la Terre où l'homme vit, par opposition à la mer, c'est-à-dire les terres émergées. Tout naturellement, cette Terre, siège de l'humanité, était le centre du monde, qui...
Étoiles
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2016
L'observation à l'œil nu d'un ciel constellé d'étoiles montre que celles-ci ne sont pas réparties au hasard: elles tendent à se regrouper en une longue écharpe laiteuse qui parcourt la voûte céleste d'un bord à l'autre de l'horizon, et que nos ancêtres ont appelée la Voie lactée. Les philosophes ...
Saturne
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2016
À l'instar de Jupiter, Saturne constitue, avec son cortège de satellites, un système solaire en miniature mais, surtout, offre le spectacle somptueux de ses anneaux, découverts dès 1610 par Galilée et interprétés en tant qu'anneaux par Christiaan Huygens en 1656. Saturne a été exploré à quatre ...
by Abraham Loeb
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
Though astrophysicists have developed a theoretical framework for understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, only now are we able to begin testing those theories with actual observations of the very distant, early universe. We are entering a new and exciting era of discovery that will...
by David Ash
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
Using the vortex theory the author has identified a source of enormous energy at the core centre of the Earth. He calls it the Gravity Geyser. Geological evidence reveals every few thousand years devastating earth changes occur that are linked to the reversal of the Poles. The understanding of why...
by Ashley Michael Timmons
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
This thesis highlights data from MINOS, a long-baseline accelerator neutrino experiment, and details one of the most sensitive searches for the sterile neutrino ever made. Further, it presents a new analysis paradigm to enable this measurement and a comprehensive study of the myriad systematic uncertainties...
Modern Mysteries of the Moon
What We Still Don’t Know About Our Lunar Companion
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
There are still many questions that remain about the Moon, which this book examines. From concentric craters to lunar swirls, water vapor and lunar reverberations on impact, Foster collects it all for a fascinating tour that will illuminate the backyard observer's understanding of this easily viewed,...
by J. Woods Halley
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
What does existing scientific knowledge about physics, chemistry, meteorology and biology tell us about the likelihood of extraterrestrial life and civilizations? And what does the fact that there is currently no credible scientific evidence for the existence of extraterrestrial biospheres or civilizations...
A Dirty Window
Diffuse and Translucent Molecular Gas in the Interstellar Medium
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
This book provides an introduction to the physics of interstellar gas in the Galaxy. It deals with the diffuse interstellar medium which supplies a complex environment for exploring the neutral gas content of a galaxy like the Milky Way and the techniques necessary for studying this non-stellar component....
by Al-Amin Ali Hamad
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
This Booklet is a Research on the Creation of Night.Scientists around the world have done several researches on the subject of "Light" but I have never seen anydocument or book on the "Night". I have found information on the creation of Night from the Glorious Book "Quran"Quran is not a scientific...
General Relativity
An Introduction for Physicists
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2006
General Relativity: An Introduction for Physicists provides a clear mathematical introduction to Einstein's theory of general relativity. It presents a wide range of applications of the theory, concentrating on its physical consequences. After reviewing the basic concepts, the authors present a clear...