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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
With an array of 66 radio antennas located in the high Chilean desert above much of the earth's atmosphere, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a radio telescope tuned to the higher frequencies of radio waves. Designed to examine some of the most distant and ancient galaxies ever seen, ALMA has not only revealed new stars in the making, but planetary systems as well.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Astronomers today continue the search for exoplanets orbiting around other stars. In this episode, meet astronomers Alex Wolszczan and Dale Frail, who in the 1990s discovered not only the first extrasolar planets, but also the first multi-planet system and the first evidence of planets forming around pulsars.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Grasping astronomy has never been easier, whether you are a complete beginner, or simply want a jargon-free reference to astronomy and stargazing, this essential guide is packed with everything you need to understand the basics quickly and easily.
4) Space
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Through the use of . . . informative graphics, this title explores the science behind space"--Provided by publisher.
5) Life on Mars
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers' quest to find life on other planets seems at an end when his parents decide to move to Las Vegas, but while they look for a house he stays with his neighbor, an astronaut who soon becomes a friend.
10) Seeing stars
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Illustrated guide to the 88 internationally recognized constellations with stories and legends. Includes key star information, location descriptions, and maps.
11) Black holes
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides information about black holes, explaining how stars become black holes, looking at the types of black holes, and discussing what is inside a black hole and how scientists study them.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Tara, an Indian-American junior at Brierly prep school, feels her world dramatically change when a mirror planet to Earth is discovered and she, in this new era of scientific history, reconsiders her self and possible selves.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that, and he wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen) happy because he is convinced that soon he will die and travel to the dog star--but now they have moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor,...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Terraforming is a new scientific concept whereby an uninhabitable planetary environment is engineered to become more Earth-like to support human life. Explore how this complex process would play out on the two planets considered potential candidates, Mars and Venus, to fully understand the individual steps involved and the technologies necessary to achieve those steps.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Stella Rodriguez finds herself in possession of a strange new pet that swallows up everything in sight when a black hole decides to follow her home"--Publisher.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Venture beyond Earth to the realm of the planets. Interplanetary trajectories require exquisite timing so that the target planet is in exactly the right spot when the spacecraft arrives, often by a Hohmann transfer ellipse. Consider two fuel-saving approaches to these marathon journeys - gravity assists and ion propulsion.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Begin with active galaxies that have supermassive black holes gobbling up nearby stars. Then consider clusters of galaxies and the clues they give for missing mass - dubbed "dark matter." Chart the distribution of dark matter around galaxies and speculate what it might be. Close with the Big Bang, deduced from evidence that most galaxies are speeding away from us; the farther away, the faster.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An insider's guide to astronomy reveals everything you need to know about the planets, their satellites, and our place in the solar system. We have the impression that the solar system is perfectly regular like a clock or a planetarium instrument. On a short timescale it is. But, seen in a longer perspective, the planets, and their satellites, have exciting lives, full of events"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: Astronomy-obsessed Abby McCourt should be thrilled about the solar eclipse her small town of Moose Junction is about to witness, but she's not. After her older sister Blair was sent away for an eating disorder, Abby has been in a funk. Desperate to dull the pain her sister's absence has left, she teams up with a visiting astronomer, Dr. Leo Lacamoire, to help track down his long-lost telescope. Though this is supposed take Abby's...
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