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Images of the Universe includes articles written by sixteen leading amateur and professional astronomers. They provide a lively and up-to-date view of our surroundings in space. The solar system, stars and galaxies all come under close scrutiny. Answers are provided to questions that have puzzled people throughout the ages such as how and when was the universe created? Modern cosmology is discussed by Martin Rees and the first one second of the universe...
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Presents a history of astronomy and describes one hundred of the most significant discoveries of the last four hundred years, including such findings as the extraterrestrial origins of meteorites, the existence of dark matter, the spiral structure of the Milky Way, and the first exoplanet.
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Discribes the steps taken to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope, and uses text and illustrations to describe the information gained so far, including the discovery of the second known supermassive black hole, and the first direct observation of a "core collapse" in a globular cluster.
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Hubble's spectacular colour pictures of remote stars and galaxies are published alongside a concise narrative which sets the images in perspective and explains in clear and accessible terms how they are changing astronomers' concepts of the cosmos. Illustrated with both colour and black and white photographs.--Amazon.com.
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