Following the natural order of the seasons, Berman reveals the cosmic mysteries embodied in the sun, moon, stars, and planets, while maintaining an exuberant sense of humor and a poetic sense of wonder. Unburdened by technical jargon, he tells why the moon seems brightest in the winter, how to tell a military from a weather satellite, and what causes the dreamy magic of the northern lights. Berman tours the turbulent center of the Milky Way and illuminates one of nature's greatest spectacles, the total solar eclipse. He makes understandable and exciting such apparently arcane phenomena as the birth of stars, black holes, and white dwarfs.
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