Galaxies & Stars

White dwarfs are the most numerous members of the stellar graveyard. More than ninety percent of all stars will end their lives as white dwarfs. R...

Galaxies are known as the building blocks of the universe, but arriving at this understanding has been a thousand-year odyssey. This journey is tol...

Conventional star atlases are great for locating constellations and individual stars but The Star Atlas Companion goes one step further and describ...

Reclaiming Space is an innovative study of space travel's history, legitimacy, and future. The NewSpace movement that presently dominates spaceflig...

Take a look through the lens and discover the beauty and science of the magnificent nightsky - and beyond! This stunningly-illustrated space book i...

ThisvolumeisacollectionofarticlesoriginallypublishedonaSpecialIssueoftheAstrophysicsandSpaceScienceJournal. It is intended to give a comprehensive ...

This well-received textbook has been designed by a team of experts for introductory courses in astronomy and astrophysics. Starting with a detailed...

Take a trip to outer space with this weird and wonderful guide to our universe, the perfect gift for both young and old Vargic's beautifully innova...

'A cracking tale of particle physics and cosmology . . . Space Oddities is a rare joy enlightening, thrilling and inspiring.' New Scientist'As fa...

'A cracking tale of particle physics and cosmology . . . Space Oddities is a rare joy' New Scientist'Engaging' The Wall Street JournalNewly obser...

Following on from the hugely popular Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers and Woodlands and Forests comes Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies, a...

Discover the mysteries of the Universe and journey to galaxies beyond our own in this fact-packed companion to space.From icy worlds and hot, fiery...

Neutron stars represent natural laboratories where all kinds of processes and reactions take place in unusual and extremely dense matter. Neutron s...

This compelling visual journey through our galaxy combines more than 350 photographs, illustrations, and graphics to present the universe as you've...

Covering both radial and nonradial oscillations, this book includes not only a thorough treatment of the basic theory of stellar pulsation but also...

Ever since the first observations of sunspots in the early seventeenth century, stellar rotation has been a major topic in astronomy and astrophysi...

Covering both radial and nonradial oscillations, this book includes not only a thorough treatment of the basic theory of stellar pulsation but also...

What force do the Big Bang, the expansion of the Universe, dark matter and dark energy, black holes, and gravitational waves all have in common? Th...