Secrets of the Universe by Murdin, Paul -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page About the Author Other Titles of Interest Contents Introduction Before the Telescope

The Seven Planets Stars and Northern Constellations The Milky Way The Shape of the Earth The Southern Constellations The Sun

Discovering the Solar System

The Orbits of Comets The Satellites of Jupiter The Phases of Venus Uranus Neptune Asteroids Pluto The Kuiper Belt Meteors and Meteorites Meteor Showers The Earth’s Magnetosphere Comets Astronomical Cycles Asteroid Impacts The Origin of the Moon Mercury The Greenhouse Effect Mars Water on Mars and Jupiter’s Satellites Volcanoes on Io Saturn and the Gas-Giant Planets Plates I

The Dynamic Universe

Helium Gravitation Relativity Radio Waves X-Rays from Space

Our Galaxy and Its Stars

Variable and Eclipsing Stars Sirius B and White Dwarfs Neutron Stars and Pulsars Black Holes Distances of the Stars The Discovery of our Galaxy Interstellar Nebulae Star Clusters Supernovae Supernova 1987A Cepheid Variable Stars Exoplanets The Energy of the Sun and Stars The Origin of the Elements Inside the Sun The Crab Nebula Planetary Nebulae The Origin of the Stars and the Planets Interstellar Dust Plates II

The Universe and Its Galaxies

Hydrogen Galaxies Magellanic Clouds Quasars Supermassive Black Holes The Black Hole in our Galaxy Gamma-Ray Bursters The Evolving Universe Cosmic Microwave Background Gravitational Waves Darkness at Night

Future Discoveries

Dark Matter Dark Energy Life in the Universe

Glossary Further Reading Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Index Copyright