The Lives of Stars - Hardcover

Croswell, Ken

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590785827 ISBN 13: 9781590785829

Verlag: Boyds Mills Press, 2009

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Book by Croswell Ken

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"Will get kids turning pages." --"Booklist" "Serious eye candy. . . . Students of the skies will find this a (what else?) stellar picture of what we know or guess about those distant lights. (Glossary, index)" --Kirkus Reviews "Will get kids turning pages." --Booklist

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The fiery birth, explosive death, and strange afterlife of every sun. Scientists have discovered a tremendous variety of star types, each with a fascinating biography and a strange fate in store. Born in a cloud of gas and dust, a new star is ignited by the explosion of a dying star nearby. A star such as our Sun has a long life. Over billions of years, it burns yellow, then red, as it uses up its nuclear fuel. Finally, it explodes, throwing much of its material into the universe in a planetary nebula - one of the most spectacular sights in space. After the nebula disperses, the hot core of the dead star remains: it's called a white dwarf. A bigger star lives fast and dies young, burning a blue-white and finally exploding in a supernova. What remains may be a black hole, a neutron star, or even a pulsing neutron star, or pulsar. Using the most beautiful photos of space objects available, Harvard-trained astronomer Ken Croswell leads a tour of the stars - the young, the aging, and the dead but still active.

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• Verlag: Boyds Mills Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1590785827
• ISBN 13: 9781590785829
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 72