This book shows that what we can see in the sky is just a tiny part of the Universe. It explains what stars are, and how the billions of star clusters and galaxies are organized like an immense spider's web.

This up-to-date volume offers student researchers an unexcelled primer on current scientific knowledge about stars. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series provides the most up-to-date understanding available of the current knowledge about stars. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, Stars is an excellent first step for young people researching the exciting scientific discoveries that continue to extend our knowledge of the universe. Stars is organized thematically to help students better understand these most interesting heavenly bodies. Stars discusses all areas of what is known about the subject. It will help student understand things such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars, and black holes. And it will answer student questions such as: Why do stars have different colors and how are they classified? How do we know what stars are made of? How did scientists figure out how stars evolved?

In this lively and informative book, beginning readers will be introduced to the physical characteristics of stars - as well as the major stars in our solar system.

This book is a part of your life starting from formation of universe, all planets of solar system and their behaviours along with description of innumerable celestial bodies existing for billion years. Beginning of organism or lives on Earth starting from plants, flowers, insects, birds, animals, Homo sapiens and humans are narrated in chronological order. How did innumerable inventions and discoveries change human ancient civilization to modern day civilization? History of all inventions with the contribution of all scientists, astronomers and archaeologists are available. Impact of religion, reason for war and its fate and remedial measures are explained. How are humans affected by Natural threat and artificial threat? Effect in ecosystem of nature due to human activities including global warming is explained with possible remedial action. Wanting in happiness of humans and peace index with proper global information are available. Many more important and useful events for humans like beginning of sports and games, amusements, music system, television, digital camera, computer, internet, email, mobile etc. with their inventions are narrated and how these changed style of human life rapidly. This is a book of new style and will give the readers huge knowledge with immense pleasure.

Do you want to learn about the physical origin of the Universe, but don’t have the rest of eternity to read up on it? Do you want to know what scientists know about where you and your planet came from, but without the science blinding you? ‘Course you do – and who better than For Dummies to tackle the biggest, strangest and most wonderful question there is! The Origins of the Universe For Dummies covers: Early ideas about our universe Modern cosmology Big Bang theory Dark matter and gravity Galaxies and solar systems Life on earth Finding life elsewhere The Universe’s forecast

A day without yesterday -- Formation of galaxies -- Birth and life of stars -- Supernovae: Death and transfiguration of stars -- Nebulae -- Spacetime, relativity, and superdense matter

A "companion to Welcome to the Universe, a ... bestseller that was inspired by the ... introductory astronomy course for non-science majors that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton. [It] features more than one hundred problems and exercises used in the original course"--Amazon.com.

This book addresses all those interested in the origins, development and fate of intelligent species in the observable part of our universe. In particular, the author scrutinizes what kind of information about extraterrestrial intelligent life can be inferred from our own biological, cultural and scientific evolution and the likely future of mankind. The first part of the book provides the necessary background information from space and life sciences, thus making the book also accessible to students and the scientifically educated layman. -The first book of its kind that goes beyond the popular science level.

Introduces space, including its beginning, the objects in space, the solar system, stars and Galaxies.

"Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts" appearing twice a year has become oneof the fundamental publications in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics andneighbouring sciences. It is the most important English-language abstracting journal in the mentioned branches. The abstrats are classified under more than a hundred subject categories, thus permitting a quick survey of the whole extended material. The AAA is a valuable and important publication for all students and scientists working in the fields of astronomy and related sciences. As such it represents a necessary ingredient of any astronomical library all over the world.