The Ian Samuel Group, 2001. - 457 pages.
Although Astronomy has been around for more than 5,500 years, astronomers say that we’ve leaed more than 90% of what we know about the universe in just the last 50—and much of that in the last decade! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Astronomy, Fourth Edition, continues to be the most comprehensive introduction to the topic, covering all the latest advances and discoveries, including:
The demotion of Pluto and promotion of Ceres as planetary objects
Breakthrough evidence of recent water flow on Mars
New developments in asteroid-tracking programs
New information on the nature and shape of our universe
Mind-bending theories conceing multiple universes
Information on the latest telescopes
Although Astronomy has been around for more than 5,500 years, astronomers say that we’ve leaed more than 90% of what we know about the universe in just the last 50—and much of that in the last decade! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Astronomy, Fourth Edition, continues to be the most comprehensive introduction to the topic, covering all the latest advances and discoveries, including:
The demotion of Pluto and promotion of Ceres as planetary objects
Breakthrough evidence of recent water flow on Mars
New developments in asteroid-tracking programs
New information on the nature and shape of our universe
Mind-bending theories conceing multiple universes
Information on the latest telescopes