Astrophysics

Conceptual Astrophysics; is intended for introductory (non-calculus based) astronomy. It applies our understanding of physics to astronomy and high...

This textbook offers a clear and concise introduction to the main aspects of neutrino physics, providing the foundational knowledge necessary for r...

This is a practical guide to using a small astronomical telescope of a size that corresponds to most first telescopes around 75-150 mm, i.e. 3-6 i...

This is a practical guide to using a small astronomical telescope of a size that corresponds to most first telescopes around 75-150 mm, i.e. 3-6 i...

This research monograph presents a new dynamical framework for the study of secular morphological evolution of galaxies along the Hubble sequence. ...

A short, graduate-level synthesis of recent developments in theoretical physics, from a pioneer in the fieldLectures on the Infrared Structure of G...

Located near the U.S. Amundsen-Scott Research Station at the geographic South Pole, IceCube is unlike most telescopes in that it is not designed to...

First published in 1973, Gravitation is a landmark graduate-level textbook that presents Einstein's general theory of relativity and offers a rigor...

An engaging critique of the science and metaphysics behind our understanding of the universe  The James Webb Space Telescope, when launched in 2021...

Radio astronomy is irreversibly moving towards the exabyte era. In the advent of all-sky radio observations, efficient tools and methods to manage ...

This book highlights stories of the most important 13 ground-based observatories and 14 space probes in human history, leading readers through each...

This textbook introduces the reader to the study of astrophysics through a journey that spans the fields of physics, mathematics, and technology. B...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired ...

In an epoch when particle physics is awaiting a major step forward, the Large Hydron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva will soon be operational. It wi...

In the 1960s and 70s, America spent $20 billion dollars (around $150 billion by today's standards) to land humans on the moon, and win the Cold War...

Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the co...

Every 10 years the National Research Council releases a survey of astronomy and astrophysics outlining priorities for the coming decade. The most r...

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is a comprehensive, well-organized and engaging text covering every major area of modern astrophysics, from ...

Join award-winning astronomy writer Govert Schilling on a journey through space and time to the most far-reaching corners of the universe in this s...

Bayesian methods are being increasingly employed in many different areas of research in the physical sciences. In astrophysics, models are used to ...

IAU Symposium 378 covers one of the main astrophysical topics about black holes: the production of outflows, propagating at different scales. In th...

Every rock has a story tell, and none more so than those which have fallen from the sky: meteorites. Originating in the Asteroid Belt between Mars ...

With the awareness that the Earth has a magnetic field, its mathematical description, discovery of remanent magnetisation in rocks and discovery of...

The HEDLA-08 conference was a continuation of a series of biennial conferences first held in Pleasanton, California, in 1996, and focused on progre...