Title: The mysterious universe
First published: 2008
Description: Follow Dr. Alex Fillippenko and his High-Z Supernova Search Team to Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii, where they will study space phenomena and look for supernovae, dying stars that explode with the power of billions of hydrogen bombs. Dr. Fillippenko looks for black holes--areas in space with such a strong gravitational pull that no matter or energy can escape from them--with his robotic telescope. And they study the effects of dark energy, the mysterious force that scientists believe is pushing the universe apart, causing its constant and accelerating expansion.

Readers will follow Dr. Alex Filippenko and his High-Z Supernova Search Team to Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii, where they will study space phenomena and look for supernovae, dying stars that explode with the power of billions of hydrogen bombs.
Subjects: Juvenile literature, Dark energy (Astronomy), Astronomy, Black holes (Astronomy), Supernovae, Juvenile Nonfiction, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science, Science, Children: Grades 4-6, Astronomy - Star Guides, Science & Nature - Astronomy, Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science, Computers - General, Curiosities & Wonders, Technology - Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science, Astronomy, juvenile literature
LC classification: QB843.S95 J33 2008