Title:
Space and astronomy : notable research and discoveries
Frontiers of science
Author:
Kirkland, Kyle.
ISBN:
9780816074457
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Publication Information:
New York : Facts on File, c2010.
Physical Description:
xviii, 189 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Series:
Frontiers of science
Contents:
Extrasolar planets: worlds beyond the solar system -- Colonization in space and on other worlds -- Traveling among the stars -- Gravitational waves -- Formation and evolution of galaxies -- The hidden universe: dark matter and dark energy -- Final thoughts.
Abstract:
Investigates the research and discoveries of scientists who explored the frontiers of space and astronomy and found significant objects and environments that no one had ever seen before from Earth.
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