Introduces readers to advances in American space exploration. This book discusses ways to capture and redirect asteroids; presents research on the origin of the Moon; weighs in on discoveries like 2003 UB313, a dwarf planet detected in the far outer reaches of our solar system - and, more.

He walked on the moon. He piloted the space shuttle. He flew more space missions than any other human. His peers called him the "astronaut's astronaut." One of the last memoirs written by an early American astronaut and the first by a former chief of the astronaut corps, Forever Young is indispensable to anyone interested in the history of NASA.

This book explores the practicality of using the existing subsurface geology on the Moon and Mars for protection against radiation, thermal extremes, micrometeorites and dust storms rather than building surface habitats at great expense at least for those first few missions.

A concise textbook for a one-semester course for science and engineering majors who have taken college-level, calculus-based physics. Filling a niche between introductory astronomy books for non-science majors and advanced texts, it presents a quantitative overview of stars, exoplanets, the interstellar medium, galaxies, and big-bang cosmology.

Aiming to provide simple answers to anyone with questions about solar radiation, this book presens the fundamental elements through examples, illustrations and equations. A valuable resource to all professionals, engineers, researchers, students and others that seek an understanding of solar radiation.

Galaxies are the building blocks of the Universe: standing like islands in space, they are where the stars are born and where many extraordinary and little-understood phenomena can be observed. Here, renowned science writer John Gribbin explores what we have learnt about the cosmos through studying both our own galaxy and our distant neighbours.

Galaxy tells the rich scientific story of the evolution and our observation of galaxies.

An insightful, accessible, and fresh interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers-a cautionary tale for our time.