Stars

Stars — page 3 — Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Photographs by Getty Images Steve Allen Herbert Barraud Margaret Bourke-White Time Life Pictures CBS Photo Archive Ben Cooper Dmitri Kessel Time Life Pictures Joseph McNally New York Times Co Jay M Pasachoff SSPL NASA Hinode JAXA NASA PPARC NASA NASA Ames JPL-Caltech NASA APL NASA CXC JPL-Caltech PSU CfA NASA ESA Hubble R Sahai JPL NASA ESA Hubble Heritage Team NASA JPL-Caltech Kate Su Steward Obs U Arizona et al NASA JPL Caltech UCLA NASA JPL-Caltech UMD NASA Tod Strohmayer GSFC Dana Berry Chandra X-Ray Observatory NASA STScl Digitized Sky Survey Noel Carboni Cover and folio illustration 2011 Alex Ryan Copyright 2013 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Whiting Jim Stars by Jim Whiting p cm Mysteries of the universe Includes bibliographical references and index Summary An examination of the science behind the astronomical phenomena known as stars including relevant theories and history making discoveries as well as topics of current and future research ISBN 978-1-60818-193-3 hard cover ISBN 978-1-56660-143-6 eBook 1 Stars Juvenile literature I Title QB801 7 W455 2012 523 8 dc23 2011040148 First Edition 987654321

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Stars — page 5 — English astronomer Caroline Herschel

Stars — page 6 — TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 9 CHAPTERS THE STARS AT NIGHT 10 STARGAZING THEN AND NOW 17 STELLAR RESEARCHERS 29 ANYBODY OUT THERE 37 STARRY ASIDES THE BIGGEST EXPLOSION EVER 21 MARTIAN INVASION 27 WAY BEYOND THE MOON 41 HIGH UP IN HAWAII 44 ENDNOTES 46 WEB SITES 47 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 47 INDEX 48

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