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description: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781461833574Over the past century our vision has taken us far beyond the home Galaxy into the vastness of the Universe where we find we are hardly alone. As far as we can see there are countless other galaxies of all shapes and sizes set within an ever-expanding space that was created in a Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago. Along with solutions to old puzzles however come new riddles as most of our Universe appears to be in the form of some kind of unseen dark matter and incomprehensible dark energy whose natures and origins remain unfathomable. Yet with all our questions - and knowing that there are questions still to be asked - we have learned the most important lesson: that all of this Universe is our home that it took all of it to make us that it is ours to behold and enjoy.While this course stands on its own it is also an ideal complement to the first course of the set (Astronomy: Earth Sky and Planets) which covers celestial motions constellations telescopes and planetary astronomy all of it then integrated into a full picture of space and time.
language: English
title: The Modern Scholar Astronomy II: Stars Galaxies and the Universe
publisher: Recorded Books