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2023

Format:	Book
Author:	Plait, Philip C., author.
Title:	Under alien skies : a sightseer's guide to the universe / Philip Plait, PhD.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023] ©2023
Description:	xiii, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Summary:	Drawing on the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination, a renowned astronomer and science communicator takes us on an immersive tour of the universe to view ten of the most spectacular sights outer space has to offer, including the strange, beautiful shadows cast by a hundred thousand stars.
Subjects:	Astronomy -- Popular works. Universe -- Popular works. Outer space -- Popular works.
Genre:	Informational works.
Other Title:	Sightseer's guide to the universe
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-307) and index.
Contents:	One small step : the Moon -- Red sky at night : Mars -- Vermin of the sky : asteroids and comets -- One ringed world to rule them all : Saturn -- At the solar system's edge : Pluto -- A mini-solar system : planets around red dwarf stars -- Tatooine's sky : planets with two suns -- A planet with a million suns : globular clusters -- Inside star factories : nebulae -- The last sky you'll ever see : black holes -- Epilogue.
ISBN:	9780393867305 0393867307
Other Number:	1374606421
System Availability:	3
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	1011591
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Call Number:	520 Plait

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