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$24.00 (Hardcover book / Dorling Kindersley / ISBN:9780751365979)

Universe Eyewitness Guide

Discover the amazing variety of celestial objects that exist in the Universe, as well as its beginnings - and future.

Fabulous full-colour photographs, many taken with the help of space telescopes, together with explanations of everything from black holes to the Milky Way, combine to make this a unique "eyewitness" account of our universe.

See

  • the searing, volcanic surface of Venus
  • a supergiant and a red dwarf
  • the Galileo probe in action exploring Jupiter
  • a solar eclipse
  • the crater caused when a huge comet hit Siberia

    Learn

  • what happened in the Big Bang
  • how the Moon controls the tides of the Earth's seas
  • what Copernicus dared to say about our Solar System
  • whether we are likely to discover life on Mars

    Discover

  • why Doppler shift proves that the Universe is expanding
  • how advanced aliens might build a "Dyson sphere"
  • why a doughnut-shaped ring of stars indicates a black hole

    and much, much more.

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