Astronomy
About This Book
1 Introduction to Science and the Universe We invite you to come along on a series of voyages to explore the universe as astronomers understand it today. Nevertheless, we hope to show you that the evolution of the universe has been directly responsible for your presence on Earth today. Along your journey, you will encounter: - a canyon system so large that, on Earth, it would stretch from Los Angeles to Washington, DC (Figure 2). - a crater and other evidence on Earth that tell us that the dino
| Category | general |
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| Subject | N/A |
| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 81 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Chapters
- 1 Introduction to Science and the Universe
- 9 The Universe of the Very Small
- 11 For Further Exploration: The Science and the Universe
- 13 The Sky Above
- 14 Ancient Astronomy
- 17 For Further Exploration: The Birth of Modern Astronomy
- 20 The Laws of Planetary Motion
- 21 Newton’s Great Synthesis
- 24 Motions of Satellites and Spacecraft
- 29 Earth and Sky
- 30 The Seasons
- 39 The Behavior of Light
- 40 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
- 41 Spectroscopy in Astronomy
- 42 The Structure of the Atom
- 49 Telescopes Today
- 51 Radio Telescopes
- 52 Observations outside Earth’s Atmosphere
- 54 For Further Exploration: Astronomical Instruments
- 57 Overview of Our Planetary System
- 61 For Further Exploration: Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System
- 62 Exercises: Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System
- 65 Earth’s Crust
- 66 Earth’s Atmosphere
- 69 For Further Exploration: Earth as a Planet
- 72 General Properties of the Moon
- 73 The Lunar Surface
- 82 The Massive Atmosphere of Venus
- 83 The Geology of Mars
- 84 Water and Life on Mars
- 89 Exploring the Outer Planets
- 90 The Giant Planets
- 95 Ring and Moon Systems Introduced
- 96 The Galilean Moons of Jupiter
- 98 Pluto and Charon
- 100 For Further Exploration: Rings, Moons, and Pluto
- 103 Asteroids
- 105 The “Long-Haired” Comets
- 108 Exercises: Comets and Asteroids: Debris of the Solar System
- 110 Meteors
- 112 Formation of the Solar System
- 118 The Structure and Composition of the Sun
- 120 Solar Activity above the Photosphere
- 122 For Further Exploration: The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star
- 123 Exercises: The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star
- 124 Introduction to the Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse
- 126 Mass, Energy, and the Theory of Relativity
- 129 For Further Exploration: The Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse
- 132 The Brightness of Stars
- 134 The Spectra of Stars (and Brown Dwarfs)
- 135 Using Spectra to Measure Stellar Radius, Composition, and Motion
- 139 A Stellar Census
- 144 Exercises: The Stars: A Celestial Census
- 153 The Interstellar Medium
- 158 Interstellar Matter around the Sun
- 163 The H–R Diagram and the Study of Stellar Evolution
- 172 Star Clusters
- 177 Exercises: Stars from Adolescence to Old Age
- 180 Evolution of Massive Stars: An Explosive Finish
- 185 For Further Exploration: The Death of Stars
- 186 Exercises: The Death of Stars
- 195 For Further Exploration: Black Holes and Curved Spacetime
- 196 Exercises: Black Holes and Curved Spacetime
- 198 The Architecture of the Galaxy
- 201 The Center of the Galaxy
- 209 Properties of Galaxies
- 210 The Extragalactic Distance Scale
- 212 For Further Exploration: Galaxies
- 213 Exercises: Galaxies
- 215 Quasars
- 216 Supermassive Black Holes: What Quasars Really Are
- 222 Galaxy Mergers and Active Galactic Nuclei
- 223 The Distribution of Galaxies in Space
- 226 For Further Exploration: The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies
- 230 A Model of the Universe
- 236 For Further Exploration: The Big Bang
- 237 Exercises: The Big Bang
- 243 For Further Exploration: Life in the Universe
- 244 Exercises: Life in the Universe
- 247 Scientific Notation
- 257 Star Chart and Sky Event Resources