Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The awakening of astronomy
- 2 How the Sun will die
- 3 The end of life on Earth
- 4 How the Moon formed
- 5 Where has all the water gone?
- 6 Why did Venus turn inside-out?
- 7 Is Pluto a planet?
- 8 Planets everywhere…
- 9 The Milky Way as barred spiral
- 10 Here comes Milkomeda
- 11 The Big Bang's cosmic echo
- 12 How large is the universe?
- 13 The mystery of dark matter
- 14 The bigger mystery of dark energy
- 15 Black holes are ubiquitous
- 16 What is the universe's fate?
- 17 The meaning of life in the universe
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Glossary
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2015
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The awakening of astronomy
- 2 How the Sun will die
- 3 The end of life on Earth
- 4 How the Moon formed
- 5 Where has all the water gone?
- 6 Why did Venus turn inside-out?
- 7 Is Pluto a planet?
- 8 Planets everywhere…
- 9 The Milky Way as barred spiral
- 10 Here comes Milkomeda
- 11 The Big Bang's cosmic echo
- 12 How large is the universe?
- 13 The mystery of dark matter
- 14 The bigger mystery of dark energy
- 15 Black holes are ubiquitous
- 16 What is the universe's fate?
- 17 The meaning of life in the universe
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The New CosmosAnswering Astronomy's Big Questions, pp. 239 - 258Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015