Astrophysics

What is the origin of the universe? Are we alone in the Universe? Using clear and plain language, the author explores these two interesting scienti...

After the Apollo program put twelve men on the moon and safely brought them home, anything seemed possible. In this spirit, the team at NASA set ab...

With the Soviet Unions launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into ...

As humanity expands its presence into space and ultimately settles beyond earth permanently, what freedoms can people expect? On the one hand space...

This advanced undergraduate text introduces Einstein's general theory of relativity. The topics covered include geometric formulation of special re...

Magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun is a completely new up-to-date rewrite from scratch of the 1982 book Solar Magnetohydrodynamics, taking account of ...

Circumstellar dust, the astronomical dust that forms around a star, provides today's researchers with important clues for understanding how the Uni...

IAU Symposium 268 presents an overview of the most recent observational and theoretical research on the formation and evolution of light elements i...

Planet formation studies uniquely benefit from three disciplines: astronomical observations of extrasolar planet-forming disks, analysis of materia...

In the last two decades, cosmology, particle physics, high energy astrophysics and gravitational physics have become increasingly interwoven. The i...

Four centuries ago, Galileo first turned a telescope to look up at the night sky. His discoveries opened the cosmos, revealing the geometry and dyn...

Bringing together theorists, observers and instrumentation specialists, IAU Symposium 311 provides an overview of the techniques used to measure th...

These Transactions provide a record of the organisational and administrative activities of the IAU XXIX General Assembly which took place in Honolu...

This is volume 2 of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems, a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research, covering subjects of key interest ...

Following the fortieth anniversary of Apollo 11, as NASA prepares to return astronauts to the moon, Footprints in the Dust offers a thorough, engro...

This book provides an in-depth and self-contained treatment of the latest advances achieved in quantitative spectroscopic analyses of the observabl...

A new look at the first few seconds after the Big Bangand how research into these moments continues to revolutionize our understanding of our unive...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world''s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights int...

Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems is a compendium of modern astronomical research covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contempo...