Popular astronomy & space books

Carl Sagan, writer and scientist, returns from the frontier to tell us about how the world works. In his delightfully...  Read More >>

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This illuminating and focused book opens the door to interplanetary flight. It looks at this world from the vantage...  Read More >>

A fact-packed, up-to-date guide to the universe written by best-selling astronomy author Terence Dickinson.  Read More >>

I have spent many wonderful nights observing at a variety of places around the world, but many of my fondest memories...  Read More >>

When I became the producer of the Sky at Night in 2002, I was given some friendly advice: “It’s a quiet little programme,...  Read More >>

An ingenious new way to envision the outsize proportions of space  Read More >>

This would include very accurate polar alignment (for equatorial mounts), then finding a guide star using his or...  Read More >>

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Built on our legacy of Mars exploration from the Viking era and before, a far-reaching, phased, program of robotic...  Read More >>

There are stories of Einstein’s stubbornness leading him to reject a correct interpretation of an experiment and...  Read More >>

A Grand Tour of the cosmos, beginning on Earth and ending at the edge of the Universe and the dawn of time.  Read More >>

In the last decade, there has been a revolution in observational astronomy, which has meant that we are very close...  Read More >>

Many excellent books have been written about the past history of the universe and of the various objects—galaxies,...  Read More >>

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At the beginning of the 20th century, Kristian Birkeland (1867-1917), a Norwegian scientist of insatiable curiosity,...  Read More >>

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Clarke, 1951 In the long-running television series “The X-Files,” the original Deep Throat said to FBI Special Agent...  Read More >>

Black holes, stars, planets, meteor showers, comets and galaxies are just part of what the night skies have to offer....  Read More >>

Listing over 500 sky targets, this guide will test novice astronomers and advanced veterans alike. Its unique mix...  Read More >>

Providing the first comprehensive historical study of the New General Catalogue, this book is an important resource...  Read More >>

Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath is a humourous and informal rendition of the story of gravitation...  Read More >>

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