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64) Universe
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Children's nonfiction book about the universe, our solar system, observations of the starry skies, and the mind-blowing wonders of outer space. Learn about icy planets and explosive stars, far-off galaxies that powerful telescopes looking deep into space have captured, observatories and astronomy, and whole new worlds discovered by space-exploring probes.
65) The Milky Way
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Describes the objects that reside in the Milky Way galaxy, including stars, nebulas, clusters, and black holes, and explains what astronomers have discovered about other galaxies.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, on board the Odyssey, SG-1 travels to the Ori galaxy. The International Oversight Committee has their own plans and SG-1 finds themselves in a distant galaxy fighting two powerful enemies.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Noranti and Sikozu are recent additions to the crew. A shocking former enemy will play a major role as well. The stakes have risen for the crew and for the universe itself, including escalating dangers that threaten not only the Farscape galaxy, but Crichton's home galaxy as well.
Author
Publisher
Bluesource and Friends
Pub. Date
[2019?]
Language
English
Description
Astronomy is inherently more observational rather than an elemental study of science. All measurements are performed at a greater distance from the object of interest, with no control of quantities such as chemical composition, pressure, or temperature. You will also understand the study of the solar system with relation to the gravitational attraction that holds the planets in their elliptical orbits around the sun. An early study of the universe...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This compelling visual journey through our galaxy combines more than 350 photographs, illustrations, and graphics to present the universe as you've never seen it before. Visual Galaxy is a deep dive into the past, present, and future of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. In this mind-expanding visual tour through the cosmos, spectacular photographs are converted into interpretive graphics, starting with the sun and moving outward into space where stars...
74) Space!
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Computer-generated illustrations reveal the wonders of the universe, from the big bang and black holes to space travel."--Back cover.
76) Night wonders
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When you shine a flashlight into the night sky, the light speeds away from you at 186,000 miles per second. If the light escapes the Earth's atmosphere, it can soar through outer space and on to the stars. How would you like to stow aboard that flight? In this book, you can catch a ride on a light beam as it travels across our solar system and through our galaxy. Head to the distant edges of our universe--and find out why you might just end up back...
77) Stars & Galaxies
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Stars - story of how the first stars formed and how these suns then went on to engineer everythig else that makes up the universe. Galaxies - witnesses the evolution of galaxies from clouds of cold gas floating in the voids of space to the magnificent spirals and ellipticals, collisions and mergers that fill our night sky today.
78) How space works
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
How the Universe works - and how we explore it - explained in simple words and clever graphics. The clearest, most visual guide to space and the Universe for complete beginners to astronomy. Have you ever asked yourself how big the Universe is, how far it is to the nearest star, or what came before the Big Bang? Then this is the book for you. How Space Works shows you the different types of object in the Universe (so you'll know your pulsars from...