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Cosmic horizons, astronomy at the cutting edge, Steven Soter and Neil de Grasse Tyson, editors

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Cosmic horizons, astronomy at the cutting edge, Steven Soter and Neil de Grasse Tyson, editors

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eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-231)

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illustrations

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no index present

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non fiction

Main title

Cosmic horizons

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

45172990

Responsibility statement

Steven Soter and Neil de Grasse Tyson, editors

Sub title

astronomy at the cutting edge

Table Of Contents

A hidden ocean on Europa? / Clark R. Chapman -- The Kuiper Belt / Jane Luu -- Case study: Gerard Kuiper and the trans-Neptunian comet belt -- Detecting extra-solar planets / David C. Black -- Interplanetary impact hazards / David Morrison -- Profile: Ernst Chladni and rocks from the sky -- The Orion Nebula: a stellar nursery / C. Robert O'Dell -- Circumstellar disks and the prevalence of life / Steven V.W. Beckwith -- Planetary nebulae / Adam Frank -- Case study: Friedrich Bessel and the companion of Sirius -- When stars collide / Michael M. Shara -- Profile: Cecilia Payne and the composition of the stars -- Galaxies through space and time / Henry C. Ferguson -- Searching for dark matter in galaxies with gravitational lensing / Christopher Stubbs -- Profile: Vera Rubin and dark matter -- Faint galaxies / Julianne Dalcanton -- Active galaxies and black holes / Ro -- Bringing life to Mars / Christopher P. McKay -- Profile: Carl Sagan and the quest for life in the universe -- Gamma ray bursts / Bohdan Paczynski -- Case study: neutrino observatories -- Astrophysical computer modeling / Mordecai-Mark Mac Low -- NASA's origins program: answering ancient questions / Alan Dressler -- Profile: Lyman Spitzer and the space telescope -- SETI: the next forty years / Jill C. Tarter

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